Biography
Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. His work includes British gangster films and the Sherlock Holmes films starring Robert Downey Jr. Ritchie left school at the age of 15. He worked in entry-level jobs in the film industry before directing television commercials. In 1995, he directed a short film, The Hard Case, followed by the crime comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels(1998), his feature-length directorial debut. He gained r...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Fountain of Youth
2025
Producer, Director
A treasure-hunting mastermind assembles a team for a life-changing adventure. But to outwit and outrun threats at every turn, he'll need someone even ...
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
2024
Producer, Screenplay, Director
During World War II, the British Army assigns a group of competent soldiers to carry out a mission against the Nazi forces behind enemy lines... A tru...
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
2023
Director, Screenplay, Producer
During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain.
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
2023
Writer, Producer, Director
Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the s...
Wrath of Man
2021
Producer, Screenplay, Director
A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a hei...
The Gentlemen
2020
Director, Producer, Story
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the busine...
Aladdin
2019
Director, Screenplay
A kindhearted street urchin named Aladdin embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie while a power-hungry ...
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017
as Inn Owner (uncredited)
When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Ar...
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017
Director, Producer, Screenplay
When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Ar...
The Guv'nor
2016
as himself
A feature documentary about the life of Lenny McLean, as seen through the eyes of his only son, Jamie.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015
Director, Screenplay, Story
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power be...
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry
2012
as Self
The ever-budding relationship between Holmes and Watson, as well as the bonding duo who portray them.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
Director
There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of ...
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
2010
as Self
Making of featurette for Sherlock Holmes (2009).
Sherlock Holmes
2009
Director
Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy ...
RocknRolla
2008
Writer, Producer, Director
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their shar...
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
2005
as Self
A documentary that follows Madonna on her 2004 Re-Invention World Tour.
Revolver
2005
Director, Writer
Hotshot gambler Jake Green is long on bravado and seriously short of common sense. Rarely is he allowed in any casino because he's a bona fide winner ...
Swept Away Movie Special
2002
as Self
A behind-the-scene of Guy Ritchie's 2002 'Swept Away'.
Swept Away
2002
Director, Screenplay
Stranded and alone on a desert island during a cruise, a spoiled rich woman and a deckhand fall in love and make a date to reunite after their rescue.
Mean Machine
2001
Executive Producer
Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and h...
Making 'Snatch'
2001
as Self
The making of Guy Ritchie's 'Snatch'.
Star
2001
Director, Writer
The Driver now carries an arrogant rock star who is visiting a major city. Played by Madonna, this title character wants to get away from her bodyguar...
Snatch
2000
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down ...
Snatch
2000
Director, Writer
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down ...
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998
Director, Screenplay, Casting
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull ...
The Hard Case
1995
Director, Screenplay
A short film about a player and a gambler.
In the Grey
N/A
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Two extraction specialists must plan an escape path for a high-level female negotiator.
Gracie
N/A
Executive Producer
Charts the rise of the legendary family fighting dynasty that brought Mixed Martial Arts from the streets of Brazil to the world stage.
Wife & Dog
N/A
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Described as a “return to the colourful, back-stabbing world of the British aristocracy”.
Road House 2
N/A
Director
The sequel to the 2024 reboot.