Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese (/skɔːrˈsɛsi/ skor-SESS-ee, Italian: [skorˈseːze, -se]; born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he has received many accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. He has been honoured with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1998, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2007, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010, and the BAFTA Fellowship in 2012. Four of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". Scorsese received a Master of Arts degree from New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development in 1968. His directorial debut, Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967), was accepted into the Chicago Film Festival. In the 1970s and 1980s, Scorsese's films, much influenced by his Italian-American background and upbringing in New York City, centred on macho-posturing men and explored crime, machismo, nihilism and Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption. His trademark styles of extensive use of slow motion and freeze frames, voice-over narration, graphic depictions of extreme violence and liberal use of profanity were first shown in Mean Streets (1973). Scorsese won the Palme d'Or at Cannes with Taxi Driver (1976), which starred Robert De Niro as a disturbed Vietnam Veteran. De Niro became associated with Scorsese through eight more films, including New York, New York (1977), Raging Bull (1980), The King of Comedy (1982), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995) and The Irishman (2019). In the following decades, he garnered box office success with a series of collaborations with Leonardo DiCaprio, including Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Shutter Island (2010), and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). He worked with both De Niro and DiCaprio on Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). He also directed After Hours (1985), The Color of Money (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), The Age of Innocence (1993), Kundun (1997), Hugo (2011), and Silence (2016). On television, he has directed episodes for the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014) and Vinyl (2016), as well as the HBO documentary Public Speaking (2010) and the Netflix docu-series Pretend It's a City (2021). He has also directed several rock documentaries, including The Last Waltz (1978), No Direction Home (2005), and Shine a Light (2008). He has explored film history in the documentaries A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies(1995) and My Voyage to Italy (1999). An advocate for film preservation and restoration, he has founded three nonprofit organisations: The Film Foundation in 1990, the World Cinema Foundation in 2007 and the African Film Heritage Project in 2017.
Filmography
Cinematic Intelligence
as Martin Scorsese (Footage)
Cinematic Intelligence
as Martin Scorsese (Footage)
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
as Self
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
as Self
In the Hand of Dante
as Isaiah
In the Hand of Dante
as Isaiah
Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis
as Self
Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis
as Self
Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration
as Self
Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration
as Self
The Lady and The Legend
as Self
The Lady and The Legend
as Self
Breakdown: 1975
as Self
Breakdown: 1975
as Self
Ritratti di cinema
as Self
Ritratti di cinema
as Self
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Oliver Stone: The Outsider
as Self - director
Oliver Stone: The Outsider
as Self - director
From Darkness to Light
as Self
From Darkness to Light
as Self
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Jesus Goes to Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Conversation avec Martin Scorsese, en notes et en images
as Self
Conversation avec Martin Scorsese, en notes et en images
as Self
Beatles '64
as Self
Beatles '64
as Self
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
as Self
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
as Self
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film
as Self (archive footage)
Harvey Keitel - Between Hollywood and Independent Film
as Self (archive footage)
Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
as Self (archive) - subject, filmmaker
Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
as Self (archive) - subject, filmmaker
The Moviemakers: Scorsese
as Self
The Moviemakers: Scorsese
as Self
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Radio Show Producer
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Radio Show Producer
Kiarostami at Work
as Self
Kiarostami at Work
as Self
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Randall Scandal: Love, Loathing, and Vanderpump
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
as Self
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
as Self
Denzel Washington: A Model American
as Self
Denzel Washington: A Model American
as Self
The Souvenir: Reality / Fiction / Confusion / Inspiration
as self
The Souvenir: Reality / Fiction / Confusion / Inspiration
as self
Fragments of Paradise
as Self
Fragments of Paradise
as Self
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self
Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues
as Self
Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues
as Self
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
as Self
A Daughter's Tribute to Her Father: Souleymane Cissé
as Self
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
as Self
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
as Self
Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius
as Self
Daniel Day-Lewis: The Hollywood Genius
as Self
El Planeta
as Self (uncredited)
El Planeta
as Self (uncredited)
Morceaux de Cannes
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
Leonardo DiCaprio: Most Wanted!
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Leonardo DiCaprio: Most Wanted!
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Making 'The Irishman'
as Self
Making 'The Irishman'
as Self
30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation
as Self
30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation
as Self
The Oratorio
as Self - Narrator
The Oratorio
as Self - Narrator
Crazy, Not Insane
as Self (archive footage)
Crazy, Not Insane
as Self (archive footage)
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
as Self
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
as Self
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
as Self
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
as Self
Martin Scorsese Presents Jeff Nichols
Martin Scorsese Presents Jeff Nichols
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self
Spielberg
as Self
Spielberg
as Self
The Pulitzer At 100
as Self
The Pulitzer At 100
as Self
Martin Scorsese on Framing
as Self
Martin Scorsese on Framing
as Self
Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
as Self
Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star
as Self
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
as Self
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
as Self
Andrzej Wajda: My Inspirations
as Self
Andrzej Wajda: My Inspirations
as Self
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
as Self
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
as Self
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Filmmaker
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Filmmaker
Lumière!
as Self
Lumière!
as Self
Cinema Futures
as Self
Cinema Futures
as Self
Campus Code
as Doctor
Campus Code
as Doctor
Behind the White Glasses
as Self
Behind the White Glasses
as Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
as Self
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
as Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
as Self
The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire
as Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
as Self
House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before!
as Self
One Direction: This Is Us
as Self
One Direction: This Is Us
as Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
as Self
Stanley Kubrick in Focus
as Self
Casting By
as Self
Casting By
as Self
Bad 25
as Self
Bad 25
as Self
Side by Side
as Self
Side by Side
as Self
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
as Self
John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man
as Self
Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After
as Self
Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After
as Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
as Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
as Self
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
as Self
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
as Self
Hugo
as Photographer (uncredited)
Hugo
as Photographer (uncredited)
Kurosawa's Way
as Self
Kurosawa's Way
as Self
Public Speaking
as Self (uncredited)
Public Speaking
as Self (uncredited)
… But Film Is My Mistress
as Self
… But Film Is My Mistress
as Self
Shine a Light
as Self (uncredited)
Shine a Light
as Self (uncredited)
365 Day Project
as Self
365 Day Project
as Self
Cannes: All Access
as Self
Cannes: All Access
as Self
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
as Self
Stranger Than Fiction: The True Story of Whitey Bulger, Southie and 'The Departed'
as Self
A Beautiful Vacation
as Self
A Beautiful Vacation
as Self
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
as Self
Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
as Self
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
as Self
Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
as Self
Edge of Outside
as Self
Edge of Outside
as Self
Raging Bull: After the Fight
as Self
Raging Bull: After the Fight
as Self
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
as Self
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
as Self
The 'New York, New York' Stories
as Self
The 'New York, New York' Stories
as Self
White Heat: Top of the World
as Self
White Heat: Top of the World
as Self
Scorsese on Scorsese
as Self
Scorsese on Scorsese
as Self
The Workaday Gangster
as Self (archive footage)
The Workaday Gangster
as Self (archive footage)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
as Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
as Self
Shark Tale
as Sykes (voice)
Shark Tale
as Sykes (voice)
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
as Self
A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
as Self
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
as Self - Director (voice)
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
as Self - Director (voice)
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
as Self
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
as Self
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
as Self - Interviewee
Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic
as Self - Interviewee
Lightning in a Bottle
as Self (uncredited)
Lightning in a Bottle
as Self (uncredited)
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
as Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
The John Garfield Story
as Self
The John Garfield Story
as Self
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
as Self
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
as Self
Gangs of New York
as Wealthy Homeowner (uncredited)
Gangs of New York
as Wealthy Homeowner (uncredited)
Forever Ealing
as Self
Forever Ealing
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
as Self (archival)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ran'
as Self (archival)
The Magic of Fellini
as Self
The Magic of Fellini
as Self
The Neighborhood
as Self
The Neighborhood
as Self
The Concert for New York City
as Self (The Neighborhood)
The Concert for New York City
as Self (The Neighborhood)
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
The Muse
as Martin Scorsese
The Muse
as Martin Scorsese
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
as Self
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
as Self
With Friends Like These
as Martin Scorsese
With Friends Like These
as Martin Scorsese
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self
Jonas in the Desert
as Self
Jonas in the Desert
as Self
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
as Self
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
as Self
The Scorsese Machine
as Self
The Scorsese Machine
as Self
New York Stories
as Man Having Picture Taken with Lionel Dobie
New York Stories
as Man Having Picture Taken with Lionel Dobie
Arena - John Cassavetes
as Self
Arena - John Cassavetes
as Self
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
as Self
Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ
as Self
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Isaiah (uncredited)
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Isaiah (uncredited)
Movies Are My Life
as Self
Movies Are My Life
as Self
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Self - Film Director
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Self - Film Director
'Round Midnight
as Goodley
'Round Midnight
as Goodley
After Hours
as Club Berlin Searchlight Operator (uncredited)
After Hours
as Club Berlin Searchlight Operator (uncredited)
Raging Bull
as Barbizon Stagehand
Raging Bull
as Barbizon Stagehand
Cannonball
as Mafioso
Cannonball
as Mafioso
Taxi Driver
as Passenger Watching Silhouette
Taxi Driver
as Passenger Watching Silhouette
Mean Streets
as Jimmy Shorts (uncredited)
Mean Streets
as Jimmy Shorts (uncredited)