Martin Scorsese

Biography:

Martin Scorsese is an outstanding American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and film critic who is considered to be one of the best directors in the history of the movie industry. The director’s career is about five decades long and it became associated with masterful stories, innovations in the art of filmmaking, and unique character creation. The themes that usually attract Martin Scorsese in movies are crime, guilt, redemption, religion, violence, identity, ambition, and the essence of the American Dream, depicting heroes whose morality is questionable and who live in the world full of risks. He uses dynamic camera work, great editing, soundtrack, and has collaborated with outstanding actors like Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joe Pesci, and Harvey Keitel.

Following his feature film debut, Who’s That Knocking at My Door, in 1967, Scorsese gained fame with Mean Streets, in 1973, which marked his distinct cinematic style of grittiness and character-driven narrative. He has gone on to make several of the finest movies ever made by anyone. They include movies like Taxi Driver, New York, New York, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, After Hours, The Color of Money, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, Casino, Kundun, Bringing Out the Dead, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island, Hugo, The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence, The Irishman, and Killers of the Flower Moon. From crime dramas, to historical epics, from biographies to psychological thrillers and even religious movies and documentaries and musicals, he has done them all and excelled in all.

Martin Scorsese’s achievements in the realm of filmmaking have been acknowledged with many awards of high standing, such as an Academy Award for Best Director for The Departed (2006), a number of BAFTA Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, Directors Guild of America Awards, as well as the AFI Life Achievement Award. Apart from his feature films, Scorsese has also directed documentaries that include No Direction Home, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Rolling Thunder Revue among others – films that illustrate his lifelong love for music and culture. Moreover, he founded The Film Foundation in 1990, an institution that aims to preserve and restore classic films of the world. Esteemed by critics, directors, as well as audiences, Martin Scorsese is one of the major voices of world cinema.