Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese is an American film director and producer. He rose to fame by directing the films Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967), Mean Streets (1973) and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Scorsese achieved critical acclaim from directing the films Taxi Driver (1976) and Raging Bull (1980). Scorsese is best known for directing gangster films, including 1990's Goodfellas, 1995's Casino, 2006's The Departed and 2019's The Irishman. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Departed (2006) and has been nominated nine times total for Best Director, making him the second-most nominated individual in the history of the category. He also won three Golden Globe awards for best director for Gangs of New York (2002), The Departed (2005) and Hugo (2011). Other films that Scorsese has directed include The King of Comedy (1982), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Cape Fear (1991), The Aviator (2004), Hugo (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and the music documentaries The Last Waltz (1978), No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005), Shine a Light (2008) and George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011). Scorsese also produced the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014) and Vinyl (2016) and directed the pilot episodes of both series. Scorsese's other awards include a Grammy Award for best music film for the 2005 documentary No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, three Emmy Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute and the Kennedy Center Honors. He is also known for being an advocate for film preservation and is the founder of the Film Foundation, an organization dedicated to restoring classic cinema.