Guy Ritchie

Guy Ritchie was born 10 September 1968 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. He was the second child. As a child he went to a dyslexic specialized school (Stanbridge Earls School) however he was kicked out of the school.* He has stated that drug use was the reason for the expulsion; his father has said that it was because his son was caught “cutting class and entertaining a girl in his room."

His first feature film was Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels which had a budget of $1.35 million. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 British crime film directed and written by Guy Ritchie. The story is a heist film involving a self-confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful crime lord in a rigged game of three card brag. In order to pay off his debts, he and his friends decide to rob a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door. The film brought Guy Ritchie international acclaim and introduced actors Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham to worldwide audiences.

His second feature film was Snatch, released in the year 2000. Originally known as Diamonds, had a budget of $10,000,000. Snatch is a 2000 crime film written and directed by British filmmaker Guy Ritchie, Set in the London criminal underworld, the film contains two intertwined plots: one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small-time boxing promoter. Named Turkish who finds himself under the thumb of a ruthless gangster known as Brick Top.
Ritchie's next project was a Vegas-themed heist film entitled Revolver, which was critically panned in the US and UK. Revolver is a 2005 film, written and directed by Guy Ritchie.
The film stars Jason Statham as Jake Green, Ray Liotta as Dorothy Macha, and André Benjamin as Avi. It centers on a revenge-seeking confidence trickster whose weapon is a universal formula that guarantees victory to its user, when applied to any game or confidence trick. This is the fourth feature film by Ritchie and his third to center on crime and professional criminals. It was released in UK theaters on September 22, 2005, but performed poorly at the box office.

Ritchie has also written and directed RocknRolla. RocknRolla is a 2008 British crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, and starring Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Strong, Toby Kebbell, Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, Karel Roden, and Thandie Newton. It was released on 5 September 2008 in the UK, hitting #1 in the UK box office in its first week of release.
Ritchie's movie Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law, received its theatrical release on 25 December 2009. The film was given generally positive reviews and grossed more than $520 million worldwide, becoming Ritchie's most successful film financially. The sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, was released on 16 December 2011.