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Martin Scorsese
Born in Queens,NY. -
Early Life
Scorsese’s passion for cinema began early as he was a sickly child and at times bedridden for severe asthma. This led to watching a lot of films with his family as he was limited to a lot of physical activity. -
Early Life
His upbringing in New York City’s Little Italy neighborhood and his working class background heavily influenced his stories and characters. -
Education
While he originally was drawn to the Roman Catholic priesthood after graduating high school, he failed out the first year of preparatory seminary. -
NYU
He attended New York University with his undergraduate and graduate degrees in film -
First Film
The start of his career was an independent drama: Whose That Knocking At My Door. -
Mean Streets
This movie marked the beginning of an ongoing collaboration between he and Robert DeNiro, whom have since worked on 10 films. -
Breakout Film
Mean Streets -
Scorsese’s Favorite Film he’s directed
“Well, Mean Streets is always a favorite of mine because of the music and because it was the story of myself and my friends. It was the movie that people originally took notice of. It’s kind of a favorite, but I certainly couldn’t watch it. It’s too personal.” -
American Film Institute 100 Greatest Films-1
The first Scorsese film made on their list: Taxi Driver, #52 -
American Film Institute- Film 2
The second film noted on their list: Raging Bull,# 4 -
Best Known Film
While subjective, Goodfellas is generally regarded as his most popular, and well known movie. -
American Film Institute- Film 3
Rounding out the 3rd choice, Goodfellas, #92 -
Awards
Received the AFI Life Achievement Award -
Awards
Received DGA Lifetime Achievement Award -
Oscar Awarded
The Departed yielded him his first, and only Oscar to date for best director. Out of 16 nominations from 1981-2024. -
Awards- Oscar's
He has the most Oscar nominations for Best Director (eight, with one win) of any living director. -
Awards
Received the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Cecil B. DeMille Award -
Family and Film
Hugo was made so he could at least have 1 appropriate film to watch with his daughters. -
Highest Grossing Film
The highest-grossing film of Scorsese’s career is: The Wolf of Wall Street. -
Longest Runtime Movie
Known for long films, The Irishman, comes in at 3 hours and 29 minutes. -
Most Most recent film:
Killers of the Flower Moon -
Upcoming Projects
Disney’s 20th Century Studios is saying “aloha” to Martin Scorsese‘s Hawaii-set crime thriller starring Dwayne Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt, no release date or title as of this time. He has also been exploring an array of other possibilities for his next movie starting with A Life of Jesus, based on the book by Shusaku Endo, and a Frank Sinatra biopic. -
Directors Cut for the Future
At 82 years old "I’m not saying goodbye to cinema at all. I still have more films to make, and I hope God gives me the strength to make them.”