Tony Scott memorial scholarship to be run by American Film Institute, The family of late film director Tony Scott has set up a scholarship in his name at the American Film Institute to honour his work and nurture a new generation of filmmakers.
Mourners are being encouraged to donate funds to the American Film Institute by relatives including his wife Donna Wilson Scott and brother Ridley following a private funeral in Los Angeles on Friday.
In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, relatives said: "The family ask that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the fund to help encourage and engage future generations."
The British-born 68-year-old died on August 19 after jumping from the Vincent Thomas bridge in San Pedro, Los Angeles, a fall of more than 200 feet.
Scott was best known for his action blockbusters Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II and Days of Thunder.
The American Film Institute, founded in 1967, is a non-profit educational and cultural organisation that fosters new talent through its film school and preserves film history in its archive, which stretches back to 1893.
Ed Winter, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, said that there was "a suicide note to loved ones and a list with several names and numbers," but added that a formal cause of death had not been established as coroners expected it will take several weeks to complete their investigation.
Scott's case is being treated as a probable suicide, although the reasons behind his death remain unknown.
Mourners are being encouraged to donate funds to the American Film Institute by relatives including his wife Donna Wilson Scott and brother Ridley following a private funeral in Los Angeles on Friday.
In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, relatives said: "The family ask that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the fund to help encourage and engage future generations."
The British-born 68-year-old died on August 19 after jumping from the Vincent Thomas bridge in San Pedro, Los Angeles, a fall of more than 200 feet.
Scott was best known for his action blockbusters Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II and Days of Thunder.
The American Film Institute, founded in 1967, is a non-profit educational and cultural organisation that fosters new talent through its film school and preserves film history in its archive, which stretches back to 1893.
Ed Winter, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, said that there was "a suicide note to loved ones and a list with several names and numbers," but added that a formal cause of death had not been established as coroners expected it will take several weeks to complete their investigation.
Scott's case is being treated as a probable suicide, although the reasons behind his death remain unknown.