[1] The result of multiple mergers between companies established by the Scott brothers since 1971, it currently has offices in London and Los Angeles.

Jane (1997), Enemy of the State (1998), Gladiator (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), Hannibal (2001), Matchstick Men (2003), Man on Fire (2004), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), American Gangster (2007), Prometheus (2012), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), House of Gucci (2021), Alien: Romulus (2024), and Gladiator II (2024), as well as television series such as The Good Wife (2009–2016).

[15] On August 21, 2012, company co-founder Tony Scott committed suicide by jumping from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles.

[18] During February 2023, ABC News studios announced they have signed with Scott Free to produce a four part true-crime docuseries for Hulu.

[22][23][24] Since 1998, the company's production logo has been a watercolour-style traditional animation of a crudely-drawn monk with a white haze surrounding him, walking and smoking a cigarette before running and transforming into a bird.

The company name appears underneath the bird as the colours change to turquoise on a black background.