Martin Scorese

Martin Scorese

Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942, in New York City, to Italian-American parents Catherine and Charles Scorsese. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later provided the inspiration for several of his films that he made himself. Scorsese earned a degree in film communications in 1964, followed by an M.A. in the same field in 1966 at New York University's School of Film. During this time of hum being at University, he made a few prize-winning short films such as The Big Shave in 1968, and directed his first feature film, Who's That Knocking at My Door in 1967.

He started as a assistant director and an editor of the documentary Woodstock in 1970 and Mean Streets in 1973, which first paired him with actor (and now colleague) Robert De Niro that he did a lot of work with. In 1976, Scorsese's Taxi Driver, also starring De Niro, was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and he then followed that film with New York, New York soon after in 1977 and The Last Waltz in 1978. Martin Scorsese directed De Niro to an Oscar-winning performance as boxer Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull in 1980, which received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, and is hailed as one of the masterpieces of modern cinema. Scorsese went on to then direct The Color of Money in 1986, The Last Temptation of Christ 1988, Goodfellas 1990, Cape Fear 1991, The Age of Innocence in 1993, Casino soon after in 1994, and Kundun three years later, among other films. As you can see, he did a lot of rapid work in the 1980's and 1990's.

His long and hard working project, Gangs of New York in 2002, earned numerous critical honors, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Director . Also another film of his called The Aviator in 2004 won five Academy Awards, and additionally to the won the Golden Globe award and  a BAFTA awards for Best Picture. Scorsese then went of to win another Academy Award for Best Director for The Departed in 2006, which was also given the Director's Guild of America, Golden Globe, New York Film Critics, National Board of Review and Critic's Choice awards for Best Director, in addition to four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Moreover, Martin Scorsese's documentary of the Rolling Stones in concert called Shine a Light in 2008, followed, with the successful thriller Shutter Island in 2010 two years later. Scorsese received his seventh Academy Award nomination for Best Director, as well as a Golden Globe win, for Hugo in 2011, which went on to win five Academy Awards.

Martin is a very influential man as he has worked very hard to get to where he is now. He is known as probably one of the best directors of all time.

This thriller film is a drama set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding nearby.

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