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Birthday: Nov 17, 1942
Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Martin Scorsese

Martin Charles Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential directors in film history. Scorsese's body of work explores themes such as Italian-American identity, Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, faith, machismo, nihilism, crime and sectarianism. Many of his films are known for their depiction of violence and the liberal use of profanity. Scorsese has also dedicated his life to film preservation and film restoration by founding the nonprofit organization The Film Foundation in 1990, as well as the World Cinema Foundation in 2007 and the African Film Heritage Project in 2017. Scorsese studied at New York University (NYU), where he received a bachelor's degree in English literature in 1964, and received a master's degree in fine arts in film from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 1968. In 1967 Scorsese's first feature film Who's That Knocking at My Door was released and was accepted into the Chicago Film Festival, where critic Roger Ebert saw it and called it "a marvelous evocation of American city life, announcing the arrival of an important new director". He has established a filmmaking history involving repeat collaborations with actors and film technicians, including nine films made with Robert De Niro. His films with De Niro are the psychological thriller Taxi Driver (1976), the biographical sports drama Raging Bull (1980), the satirical black comedy The King of Comedy (1982), the musical drama New York, New York (1977), the psychological thriller Cape Fear (1991), and the crime films Mean Streets (1973), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995) and The Irishman (2019). Scorsese has also been noted for his collaborations with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, having directed him in five films: the historical epic Gangs of New York (2002), the Howard Hughes biography The Aviator (2004), the crime thriller The Departed (2006), the psychological thriller Shutter Island (2010), and the Wall Street black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). The Departed won Scorsese an Academy Award for Best Director, and for Best Picture. Scorsese is also known for his long-time collaboration with film editor Thelma Schoonmaker, who has edited every Scorsese film beginning with Raging Bull. Scorsese's other film work includes the black comedy After Hours (1985), the romantic drama The Age of Innocence (1993), the children's adventure drama Hugo (2011), and the religious epics The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Kundun (1997) and Silence (2016).

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited Self - Interviewee 1994
The Oratorio Self - Narrator 2020
The Searchers: An Appreciation Self 2006
Shark Tale Sykes (voice) 2004
Cannonball Mafioso 1976
The Key to Reserva Self (uncredited) 2007
Quiz Show Martin Rittenhome 1994
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory Self 2022
Scorsese's GoodFellas Self 2015
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring Self 2005
Marty and Bobby Self 2011
Raging Bull: Before the Fight Self 2005
Raging Bull: After the Fight Self 2005
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring Self 2005
Bringing Out the Dead Dispatcher (voice) 1999
A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola Self 1997
Dreams Vincent Van Gogh 1990
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince Self 1978
… But Film Is My Mistress Self 2010
The Last Waltz Self 1978
Round Midnight Goodley 1986
Who's That Knocking at My Door Gangster (uncredited) 1969
In the Pope's Eye Direttore Tv 1980
After Hours Club Berlin Searchlight Operator (uncredited) 1985
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Self 2004
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance Self (archive footage) 2014
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts Self 2007
A Letter to Elia Self - Narrator 2010
Biography - Humphrey Bogart Self - Director 2003
The Real Goodfella Self 2006
Hollywood Uncensored Self 1987
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock Self 2008
Woody Allen: A Documentary Self 2011
My Voyage to Italy Self - Host 1999
El Planeta Self (uncredited) 2021
Corman's World Self - Filmmaker 2011
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood Self - Film Director 1987
Killers of the Flower Moon Radio Show Producer 2023
Il resto del Pap'occhio Direttore Tv 1980
Paul Newman: The Restless Self - Interviewee (archive footage) 2023
Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies Self 2008
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire Self 2014
Frank Capra's American Dream Self 1997
Side by Side Self 2012
Scorsese on Scorsese Self 2004
Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public Self 2005
The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On Self 2005
White Heat: Top of the World Self 2005
The Making of 'Cape Fear' Self 2001
Bad 25 Self 2012
The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera Self 1996
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows Narrator (voice) 2007
Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse Self 2010
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo' Self 2012
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' Self 2012
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès Self 2012
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime Self 2012
New York Stories Man Having Picture Taken with Lionel Dobie 1989
Seduced and Abandoned Self 2013
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope Self 2004
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker Self 2003
Milius Self 2013
Forever Ealing Self 2002
New York at the Movies Self 2002
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story Self 2013
Marty on Film Self 2011
Kiarostami at Work Self 2023
Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York Self 2003
Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece Self 1997
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed' Self 2007
Casino: The Story Self 2005
Making 'Taxi Driver' Self 1999
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten Self 2007
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé Self 2022
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies Self 1995
The Souvenir: Reality / Fiction / Confusion / Inspiration self 2022
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel Self 1978
The Wolf Pack Self 2014
Search and Destroy The Accountant 1995
The Wolf of Wall Street John (voice) (uncredited) 2013
Eric Clapton - Nothing But the Blues Self 2022
The Eye of the Beholder Self 2005
Don Rickles: One Night Only Self 2014
Kurosawa's Way Self 2011
The Race for Colour Self 2012
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours Self - Director (voice) 2004
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock Self 2009
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger Self 2024
Before Midnight Self (archive footage) 1986
Sandra Bernhard: Confessions of a Pretty Lady Self 1994
Life Itself Self - Filmmaker 2014
Edge of Outside Self 2006
Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight Self - Interviewee (archive footage) 2023
30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation Self 2020
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen Self 2010
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth Self 2004
Everybody Just Stay Calm Self 1994
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' Self 2005
Guilty by Suspicion Joe Lesser 1991
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America Self 2022
Fragments of Paradise Self 2022
Martin Scorsese On Taxi Driver Self 2007
Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2007
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro Self 2008
Martin Scorsese on Framing Self 2017
Taxi Driver Passenger Watching Silhouette 1976
Martin Scorsese: Back on the Block Self 1973
Lightning in a Bottle Self (uncredited) 2004
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues Self 1988
John Ford & Monument Valley Self 2013
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain Self 2023
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Self – Interviewee 2010
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend Self (archive footage) 2022
The Age of Innocence Photographer (uncredited) 1993
Hitchcock/Truffaut Self 2015
In the Hand of Dante Alighieri's mentor 1970
Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain Self 2022
Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius Self 2021
This Is Orson Welles Self 2015
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick Self 1995
Inside Rupert Pupkin Self (archive footage) 2014
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man Self 2012
We Are Cinema Self (archive footage) 2021
Abbas Kiarostami: A Report Self (archive footage) 2013
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2023
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows Self 2000
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition Self 2007
Behind the White Glasses Self 2015
Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg Self 1986
Hugo Photographer (uncredited) 2011
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese Self 1998
The Neighborhood Self 2001
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs Self 2017
Raging Bull Barbizon Stagehand 1980
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film Self (archive footage) 2024
End of Daylight Self (archive footage) 2025
The Audition Self 2015
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project Self 2007
A Beautiful Vacation Self 2006
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2014
The King of Comedy TV Director 1982
Stanley Kubrick in Focus Self 2012
Brando Self 2007
You Never Know Himself 1970
Crazy, Not Insane Self (archive footage) 2020
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic Self - Interviewee 2004
Crossing Criminal Cultures Self 2007
Filming for Your Life: Making ‘After Hours’ Self 2004
Making Casino Self 2007
French Cinema Mon Amour Self 2015
American Prince Self 2009
Milagrez Self 2008
Mifune: The Last Samurai Self - Filmmaker 2016
Cinema Futures Self 2016
Movies Are My Life Self 1988
Martin Scorsese Presents Jeff Nichols 2019
Street Scenes Self 1970
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style Self 2009
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' Self 2004
365 Day Project 2007
Arena - John Cassavetes Self 1989
Ken San Self 2016
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Self 2017
A Decade Under the Influence Self 2003
Gangs of New York Wealthy Homeowner (uncredited) 2002
Directed by John Ford Self (2006) 1971
Campus Code Doctor 2015
Saul Bass: Title Champ Self 2008
With Friends Like These... Self 1998
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen Self 2018
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy Self 2008
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben Self 2008
Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star Self 2017
The Legend of the Palme d'Or Self 2015
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown Self 2016
The Scorsese Machine Self 1990
Robbie Robertson: Going Home Self 1995
Painting with Light Self 2001
The Song of the Little Road Self 2003
Italianamerican Self 1974
Spielberg Self 2017
The Pulitzer At 100 Self 2017
Lumière! Self 2016
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' Self 2003
Martin Scorsese Directs Self 1990
Trespassing Bergman Self 2013
Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero Self 2006
One Direction: This Is Us Self 2013
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' Self 1993
First Works Self 1989
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures Self 2001
Cannes: All Access Self 2007
The Grifters Opening voice-over (uncredited) 1990
Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty Self - Host / Narrator 2004
Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood Self 2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film Self 2008
Shine a Light Self (uncredited) 2008
Public Speaking Self (uncredited) 2010
The Last Temptation of Christ Isaiah (uncredited) 1988
Revisiting 'The Last Waltz' Self 2002
Hollywood Mavericks Self 1990
Club Oscar Sykes (voice) 2005
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero Self 2005
Gershwin Self 1993
Martin Scorsese Par Martin Scorsese Self 2015
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan Self (voice) (uncredited) 2005
Boxcar Bertha Brothel Client (uncredited) 1972
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley Self 1998
The 'New York, New York' Stories Self 2005
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories Self 2017
Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After Self 2012
Jonas in the Desert Self 1994
The Third Man: A Filmmaker's Influence Self 2015
Notes on an American Film Director at Work Self 2008
And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014
The Muse Martin Scorsese 1999
The Race to Save 100 Years Self 1997
À la recherche des films perdu Self 1996
Lost in the Garden of the World Self 1975
The Irishman: In Conversation Self 2019
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band Self 2020
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited Self 2012
The Workaday Gangster Self (archive footage) 2004
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before! Self 2013
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood Self 2006
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films Self 2006
More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady' Self 1995
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer Self 2010
The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman Self 2020
Mean Streets Jimmy Shorts (uncredited) 1973
Anna Pavlova Gatti-Casazza 1983
Making of 'Dreams' Self 1990
The Magic of Fellini Self 2002
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams Self 2021
A Conversation with Gregory Peck Self 1999
Martin Scorsese's Quarantine Short Film Self 2020
The Color of Money Narrator (voice) 1986
Images from the Playground Self 2009
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile Self 2010
Making 'The Irishman' Self 2020
O Retorno do Dragão Self 2008
The John Garfield Story Self 2003
Roberto Rossellini: Fragments and Jokes Self 2001
The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman Self 1999
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy' Self 2002
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of the Christ Self 1988
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann Self 1992
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence Self 2017
Leonardo DiCaprio: Most Wanted! Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2021
Andrzej Wajda: My Inspirations Self 2017
I Am Alfred Hitchcock Self 2021
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story Self 2008
Casting By Self 2012
On the Set: Elaine’s Self 2004
From Darkness to Light Self 2024
The Moviemakers: Scorsese Self 2023
Martin Scorsese on the Films of Roberto Rossellini Self 2014
Megadoc Self 1970
Beatles '64 Self 2024
Michael Powell 2005
The World of John Ford 1970
Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame Himself 1970
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Self 1995
Series Cast Year
Inside the Actors Studio Self 1994
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Self - Guest 2001
The Daily Show Self 1996
Today Self 1952
E! True Hollywood Story Self 1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Self - Guest 1992
30 Rock Martin Scorsese (voice) 2006
Curb Your Enthusiasm Martin Scorsese 2000
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Self - Guest 1993
The Hollywood Greats Self 1977
The Oscars Self 1953
The Kennedy Center Honors Self 1978
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975
The Blues Self 2003
New York: A Documentary Film Self - Commentator 1999
100 Years of Warner Bros. Self 2023
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self 2014
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Self 2003
Tanner on Tanner Self 2004
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015
Leçon de Cinéma Self 2004
Scene by Scene Self 1997
Spécial cinéma Self 1974
The Last Movie Stars Self 2022
Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies Self - Participant 2013
The Culture Show Self 2004
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy Self 2021
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self 2015
Hi Octane Self 1994
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies Self 1998
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Self 1955
Great Performances Self 1971
Pretend It's a City Self 2021
A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Self - Filmmaker / Host 1995
The Studio 2025
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