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