18 October 2023
Martin Charles Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation and a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won awards from the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America. Scorsese is president of The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation.
Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, modern crime and violence. Scorsese is hailed as one of the most significant and influential American filmmakers of the modern era, directing landmark films such as Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas - all of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Departed.
Filmography Martin Scorsese
November 2019
The Irishman
Biographical, Thriller Directed by: Martin ScorseseWith: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Jesse PlemonsA mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
February 2017
Silence
Thriller, Drama, Historical, Adventure Directed by: Martin ScorseseWith: Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield, Ken Watanabe,...Two Jesuit priests, Sebastião Rodrigues and Francis Garrpe, travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact. There they witness the persecution of Japanese Christians at the hands of their own government which wishes to... Read more...
January 2014
The Wolf of Wall Street
Crime, Drama Directed by: Martin ScorseseWith: Leonardo Dicaprio, Matthew McConaughey,...A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration.
December 2011
Hugo
Adventure Directed by: Martin ScorseseWith: Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz, Jude LawSet in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
February 2010
Shutter Island
Thriller, Drama Directed by: Martin ScorseseWith: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben KingsleyThe drama is set in 1954, with DiCaprio in final talks to play U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, who is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote "Shutter Island."
May 2008
Shine a Light
Documentary Directed by: Martin ScorseseWith: the Rolling StonesRolling Stones documentary that focuses on the two concerts from the group's current "A Bigger Bang" tour as well as historical and contemporary behind-the-scenes footage and interviews. A recent concert in Austin, Texas, was also filmed.
Joe Strummer : The Future is Unwritten
Documentary, Musical Directed by: Julian TempleWith: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Martin Scorsese, Bono
December 2006
The Departed
Action, Drama Directed by: Martin ScorseseWith: Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson,...
January 2005
The Aviator
Drama Directed by: Martin ScorseseWith: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, John C. Reilly,...
October 2004
July 2004
January 2003
Gangs of New York
Drama Directed by: Martin ScorseseWith: Leonardo Di Caprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis
October 2000
Casino
Drama Directed by: Martin ScorseseWith: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe PesciA tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive, compete against each other over a gambling empire and over a fast living and fast loving woman.
Cape Fear
Thriller, Drama Directed by: Martin ScorseseWith: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica LangeA convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a 14 year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
The Last Temptation of Christ
Drama, Historical Directed by: Martin ScorseseWith: Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Paul Greco
Raging Bull
Drama Directed by: Martin ScorseseWith: Cathy Moriarty, Robert De Niro Joe Pesci,...An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it.