Gladiator (2000 film) Gladiator (2000 film) Gladiator is a 2000 epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson. The film was jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Universal Pictures. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Ralf Möller, Oliver Reed (in his final role), Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, John Shrapnel, and Richard Harris. Crowe portrays Hispano-Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is betrayed when Commodus, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, murders his father and seizes the throne. Reduced to slavery, Maximus rises through the ranks of the gladiatorial
György Kárpáti (film director) György Kárpáti (film director) György Kárpáti (born 3 July 1933 in Budapest) is a Hungarian film director whose most celebrated feature film is "Nem szoktam hazudni" ("I Hardly Ever Lie", 1966). Over the last five decades he has directed around 200 films, including documentaries, feature films, short films and commercials. His films have won several awards at major international film festivals, and he has received the Hungarian Programme of the Year award eight times for his television programmes. György Kárpáti received his first degree in medicine in 1957 and his second degree in film directing in 1964. He was employed