Born: 10 September 1968 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

After leaving school aged 15, Ritchie started his career in entry-level film industry jobs, later progressing into directing TV commercials.

After directing short film "The Hard Case" (1995), he followed with his feature-length directorial debut, crime comedy "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/41297-Various-Lock-Stock-Two-Smoking-Barrels-Soundtrack-From-The-Motion-Picture]Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels[/url]" (1998), with which he gained mainstream recognition, and which broke the career of actor Jason Statham. This was soon followed by his critically and commercially successful second film,"[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/113967-Various-Snatch-Stealin-Stones-And-Breakin-Bones-Original-Film-Soundtrack]Snatch[/url]" (2000).

Ritchie then directed "Swept Away" (2002), starring his then wife Madonna, which bombed at the box-office and was critically panned. Future work came with directing "Revolver" (2005) and "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/121951-Various-RockNRolla-Original-Film-Soundtrack]RocknRolla[/url]" (2008), which received mixed reviews, but were still reasonably successful. The box-office hits "[url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2276308-Hans-Zimmer-Sherlock-Holmes-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack]Sherlock Holmes[/url]" (2009) and and its sequel "Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows" (2011) followed, with the former being nominated for Academy Awards in the Best Original Score and Best Art Direction categories.

From the mid-2010s, his other directed films were a remake of a 1960 spy series "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/915602-Daniel-Pemberton-The-Man-From-UNCLE-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack]The Man From U.N.C.L.E.[/url]" (2015), followed by "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1212210-Daniel-Pemberton-King-Arthur-Legend-Of-The-Sword-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack]King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword[/url]" (2017), along with a live-action adaptation of Disney's "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1554366-Alan-Menken-Howard-Ashman-Tim-Rice-Benj-Pasek-Justin-Paul-Aladdin-]Aladdin[/url]" (2019) – the latter becoming one of the highest-grossing films in 2019, earning more than $1B worldwide, and the 34th highest-grossing film of all-time during its cinema run.

Richie returned to his gritty crime comedy directorial routes with two films featuring soundtracks by British film composer Chris Benstead. Firstly came "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1799653-Chris-Benstead-The-Gentlemen-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack]The Gentlemen[/url]" (2019), which was very well received and a commercial success. Secondly, he again directed actor Jason Statham in action film "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/2430001-Chris-Benstead-Wrath-Of-Man-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack]Wrath Of Man[/url]" (2021).

He was married to Madonna between 2000-2008.