![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer Born: September 10, 1968 in USA Biography:A director who had more of a critical and financial success with his first film than many of his colleagues have had over the course of their entire careers, "Guy Ritchie" became one of Britain's most talked-about directors on the strength of his 1998 debut, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels". A highly stylized crime caper/black comedy set in London's East End, it inspired favorable comparisons to films ranging from "Quentin Tarantino"'s "Reservoir Dogs" to the Hong Kong crime spectaculars of "John Woo".
The film's decidedly irreverent sensibility was an appropriate one, given the background of its director. Born in London in 1968, Ritchie hails from a proudly working-class background and never attended film school. He regarded the work of most film school graduates as "unwatchable and boring" and the British film industry as suffering from a creative void. Feeling strongly compelled to fill this... Full Biography
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