Ridley Scott is the director of The Martian.
Following his commercial breakthrough with the science-fiction horror film Alien -LRB- 1979 -RRB- , his best known works are the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner -LRB- 1982 -RRB- , crime drama Thelma & Louise -LRB- 1991 -RRB- , historical drama and Best Picture Oscar winner Gladiator -LRB- 2000 -RRB- , war film Black Hawk Down -LRB- 2001 -RRB- , crime thriller Hannibal -LRB- 2001 -RRB- , biographical film American Gangster -LRB- 2007 -RRB- , and science fiction films Prometheus -LRB- 2012 -RRB- and The Martian -LRB- 2015 -RRB- .	Alien	Alien (film)	neo-noir	neo-noir	dystopian	Utopian and dystopian fiction#Dystopian fiction	Blade Runner	Blade Runner	Thelma & Louise	Thelma & Louise	Gladiator	Gladiator (2000 film)	Black Hawk Down	Black Hawk Down (film)	Hannibal	Hannibal (film)	American Gangster	American Gangster (film)	Prometheus	Prometheus (2012 film)	The Martian	The Martian (film)
The Martian is a 2015 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott , based on Andy Weir 's 2011 novel The Martian .	Ridley Scott	Ridley Scott	The Martian	The Martian (Weir novel)	Andy Weir	Andy Weir	science fiction film	science fiction film
