John Ridley is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 1 october 1964 at Milwaukee
John Ridley
John Ridley participated to
9 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
2 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Scriptwriter
, 2h13
Directed by Steve McQueenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Films about slavery,
Films about racism,
Children's filmsActors Chiwetel Ejiofor,
Michael Fassbender,
Brad Pitt,
Paul Dano,
Benedict Cumberbatch,
Paul GiamattiRating80%
In 1841, Solomon Northup is a free African-American man working as a violinist, who lives with his wife, Anne Hampton, and two children, Margaret and Alonzo, in Saratoga Springs, New York. Two men, Brown and Hamilton, offer him a two-week job as a musician if he will travel to Washington, D.C., with them. Once there, they drug Northup and deliver him to a slave pen owned by James Burch., 2h5
Directed by Timour BekmambetovOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Adventure,
Historical,
PeplumThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about religion,
Films based on the Bible,
Films about Jews and Judaism,
Portrayals of Jesus in filmActors Toby Kebbell,
Jack Huston,
Sofia Black-D'Elia,
Morgan Freeman,
Rodrigo Santoro,
Nazanin BoniadiRating57%
A nobleman Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston) is falsely accused of an assassination attempt by his boyhood friend Messala (Toby Kebbell). He survives years of slavery under the Romans and attempts to get revenge.