Guy Ritchie (full name Guy Stuart Ritchie) was born on September 10, 1968, in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. He suffered from dyslexia at an early age and left school when he was 15 and worked at a studio for a short time. This gave him his first experience of movies.

His debut as a director came with the movie, The Hard Case (1995). He also wrote the script of the 20 minutes movie. After that, he directed his first full length movie "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998). The first was a commercial success and also received a number of awards including Best New Filmmaker from the MTV Movie Awards.

During this time he met pop diva Madonna and they married on December 22, 2000. That year, the movie, Snatch, was released, directed by Guy Ritchie. After the success of Snatch, h e worked on the short film, Star, and then in Swept Away. However, they received horrible responses with Guy Ritchie being marked as the Worst Director by the Razzie Awards.

The promising movie Revolver (2005) didn't prove to successful enough. In 2008, he and Madonna adopted their first son David.
He also directed that movie RocknRolla and all the expectations of his career depended on it. However, in October 2008, Guy Ritchie announced his divorce with Madonna.

Why is he famous?

Guy Ritchie is famous as the director of movies like "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and RocknRolla. He was also the ex-husband of Madonna.

Here is one of his famous quotes:

"I can understand that the whole world is interested in my wife. That's even why I married her."
- Guy Ritchie


General appearance:

- 5' 11" (180 cm) height.

Being born on 09/10, Guy is a virgo.

Guy dated Tania Strecker and amongst other famous relationships was Madonna.


Guy Ritchie News

Madonna is glad that she is single (March 29, 2009)

Brad Pitt may be seen as James Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes sequel (September 22, 2009)

Avatar goss over 1 billion (January 05, 2010)

Guy Ritchie is dating Jacqui Ainsley (June 23, 2010)

Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have competed in the show 'Top Gear' (August 17, 2010)

Guy Ritchie Lists

20 Most Famous Movies of Elizabeth Banks (June 29, 2009)

12 Most Famous Movies of Benicio Del Toro (June 24, 2009)

	1968 births
	British practitioners of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
	British judoka
	British karateka
	Edgar Award winners
	English film directors
	English film producers
	English screenwriters
	Living people
	MTV Movie Award winners
	People from Hatfield, Hertfordshire
	Worst Director Golden Raspberry Award winners

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Guy Ritchie Pictures

 

Guy Ritchie Movies
Snatch.
Guy Ritchie Filmography

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Tags: 1968, virgo, film director, hatfield, hertfordshire

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Category: Film Directors  - ( Film Directors Archive)

Date Added: 18 February '10

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