Boy and Bicycle is the first film made by Ridley Scott. The black and white short was made on 16mm film while Scott was a photography student at the Royal College of Art in 1962. Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937 in South Shields) is an influential British film director and producer. ... Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937 in South Shields) is an influential British film director and producer. ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937 in South Shields) is an influential British film director and producer. ... The Royal College of Art in South Kensington, London. ...

Although a very early work - Scott would not direct his first feature for another 15 years - the film is significant in that it features a number of visual elements that would be become motiffs of Scotts work. The cooling towers of the Imperial Chemical works near Stockton that feature in the film foreshadow Alien, Bladerunner and Black Rain while the central element of the Boy and the Bicycle is re-used in Scott's advert for Hovis of the early 1970s. The film features Tony Scott as the boy. See also Tony Scott for the American clarinet jazz musician. ...

Scott secured finance from the British Film Institute to complete the editing and sound in 1965 including a score by John Barry. Scott wanted to use an existing recording by Barry but the composer was so impressed by the young film maker he agreed to produce a new recording for the film at limited cost. The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and... People called John Barry include: John Barry (1745-1803), an officer in the Continental Navy. ...