Martin Scorsese's biography

Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese is 80 years old film producer born at Queens. He was born on Tuesday 17th of November 1942. He is often nicknamed as Marty. According to year of birth 1942 Martin belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 17th of November means Martin is Scorpio. Scorpio is a watery sign. These people are very intense in their thoughts. They always learn from the transformatory phase of their life.Martin was married 5 times.

Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese's spouse

Martin is married to Helen Schermerhorn Morris

He is native english speaker. Martin is white american. He is citizen of United States of America. Martin is roman catholic. His primary profession is to be film producer. You can know him also as film actor, film director, screenwriter, film editor, voice actor, television director. Martin is recently known as director. Martin received Academy Award for Best Director The Departed in 2006

Martin Scorsese's dad

Martin Scorsese's father's name is Charles Scorsese. Charles is known as actor. His father was born on Thursday 8th of May 1913 in New York City. Martin´s father died on Monday 23rd of August 1993 in New York City. Charles Scorsese was 51 years old, when this happened.

Martin Scorsese's mom

Martin Scorsese's mother's name is Catherine Scorsese. Catherine is known as actor. His mother was born on Tuesday 16th of April 1912 in New York City. Martin Scorsese was born when Catherine was 30 years old. His mother died on Monday 6th of January 1997 in New York City. Catherine Scorsese was 55 years old, when this happened.

Martin Scorsese's family

Martin Scorsese's wife

Martin Scorsese's ex wifes

Isabella Rossellini

Martin Scorsese and Isabella Rossellini have been together since 1979 for 3 years. She is known as model. His ex wife was born on Wednesday 18th of June 1952 in Rome.

Barbara De Fina

Martin Scorsese and Barbara De Fina have been together since 1985 for 6 years. She is known as film producer. His ex wife was born on Wednesday 28th of December 1949 in New Jersey.

Julia Cameron

Martin Scorsese and Julia Cameron have been together since 1976 for 2 years. She is known as screenwriter. Martin´s ex wife was born on Thursday 4th of March 1948 in Libertyville.

Laraine Marie Brennan

Martin Scorsese and Laraine Marie Brennan have been together since 1965 for 6 years.

Martin has 3 daughters.

Martin Scorsese's daughter: Cathy Scorsese

Martin Scorsese's daughter's name is Cathy Scorsese. She is known as property master. His daughter was born on Tuesday 7th of December 1965 in New York City.

Martin Scorsese's daughter: Domenica Cameron-Scorsese

Martin Scorsese's daughter's name is Domenica Cameron-Scorsese. She is known as actor. Martin´s daughter was born on Monday 6th of September 1976 in California.

Martin Scorsese's daughter: Francesca Scorsese

Martin Scorsese's daughter's name is Francesca Scorsese. She is known as actor. His daughter was born on Tuesday 16th of November 1999.

Martin Scorsese's schools

We found 2 schools Martin attended. Complete list of schools: New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Cardinal Hayes High School.

Detailed informations about his schools

Attended Cardinal Hayes high school in the Bronx as a young man. Fellow alumni included George Carlin, George Dzundza, Regis Philbin, Jamal Mashburn and Don DeLillo.
Went to see The Searchers (1956) on the afternoon of the day that he graduated from Parochial school.

Martin Scorsese's career

His main focus is to be film producer. Martin is famous thanks to Taxi Driver (1976).. He is also a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Is Martin Scorsese gay ?

Martin is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Martin Scorsese's Awards

Martin received award for Academy Award for Best Director for work The Departed in 2006
Martin received award for Golden Globe Award for work Gangs of New York in 2003
Martin received award for Palme d'Or for work Taxi Driver in 1976
Martin received award for Cannes Best Director Award for work After Hours in 1986
He received award for Silver Lion for work Goodfellas in 1990
Martin received award for Golden Globe Award for Best Director for work Hugo in 2011
Martin received award for Golden Globe Award for Best Director for work The Departed in 2006
Martin received award for Grammy Award for Best Music Film for work No Direction Home in 2005
Martin received award for BAFTA Award for Best Film for work Goodfellas in 1991
He received award for BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for work Goodfellas in 1991
Martin received award for BAFTA Award for Best Direction for work Goodfellas in 1991
He received award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for work Boardwalk Empire in 2011

Martin Scorsese's Rankings

Ranked #3 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Greatest directors ever!". [2005]

Martin Scorsese's Nominations

Martin was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
Martin was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
Martin was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
Martin was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
Martin was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
Martin was nominated for Academy Award for Best Director
Martin was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Martin was nominated for Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Martin was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
Martin was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture

What Martin Scorsese has done for a first time

He signed a four-year, first-look deal to develop projects with studio executives of Paramount Pictures. [November 2006]
The Aviator (2004) was his first movie to gross over $100 million in the United States.
Haig Manoogian was Scorsese's mentor at NYU. He eventually produced Scorsese's first film (Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967)) and when he died in 1980, Scorsese dedicated Raging Bull (1980) to Manoogian.
The first movie he saw at the cinema was Duel in the Sun (1946), he was age 4.
Despite the fact that Martin Scorsese does not like remakes, he has directed two. The first was Cape Fear (1991) and the second was The Departed (2006). The Departed is a remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs (2002).

Martin Scorsese's quotes

The only person who has the right attitude about boxing in the movies for me was Buster Keaton.
[on sports] Anything with a ball, no good.
Because of the movies I make, people get nervous, because they think of me as difficult and angry. I am difficult and angry, but they don't expect a sense of humor. And the only thing that gets me through is a sense of humor.
[on Raging Bull (1980)] Robert De Niro wanted to make this film. Not me. I don't understand anything about boxing. For me, it's like a physical game of chess.
It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.
Basically, you make another movie, and another, and hopefully you feel good about every picture you make. And you say, "My name is on that. I did that. It's okay." But don't get me wrong, I still get excited by it all. That, I hope, will never disappear.
My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else.
I'm a lapsed Catholic. But I am Roman Catholic--there's no way out of it.
[on the Iraq war] One hopes that this kind of war can be done diplomatically, with intelligence rather than wiping out a lot of innocent civilians.
[on political correctness] You can hardly say anything about minorities now. It has made it extremely difficult to open your mouth.
Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.
[onstage at the 2007 Oscars after winning for Best Director] Could you double-check the envelope?
[on The Departed (2006)] It's the only movie of mine with a plot.
[on Robert De Niro] And even now I still know of nobody who can surprise me on the screen the way he does--and did then. No actor comes to mind who can provide such power and excitement.
[on working with Liza Minnelli on New York, New York (1977)] After 15 minutes I realized that not only could she sing, she could be one hell of an actress. She's so malleable and inventive. And fun, even when things are hard.
[on Stanley Kubrick] One of his films . . . is equivalent to ten of somebody else's. Watching a Kubrick film is like gazing up at a mountain top. You look up and wonder, "How could anyone have climbed that high?".
[on Stanley Kubrick] Why does something stay with you for so many years? It's really a person with a very powerful storytelling ability. A talent . . . a genius, who could create a solid rock image that has conviction.
But once Haig Manoogian started talking about film, I realized that I could put that passion into movies, and then I realized that the Catholic vocation was, in a sense, through the screen for me.
[on Kathryn Bigelow] I've always been a fan of hers, over the years . . . Blue Steel (1990) . . . She's good, she's really good.
I can't take shooting any scene for granted. I just can't. The moment I do that, I have no idea what I'm doing. "Oh, that'll be easy, I'll do that in five minutes." Believe me, that never happens.
[on Akira Kurosawa] His influence on filmmakers throughout the entire world is so profound as to be almost incomparable.
[on Akira Kurosawa] The term "giant" is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits.
Movies touch our hearts and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places, they open doors and minds. Movies are the memories of our life time, we need to keep them alive.
I considered it a true cinematic challenge of working with a versatile actor such as Robert De Niro, who molds himself according to each character. The only other actor who matches his histrionic ability is Al Pacino.
Very often I've known people who wouldn't say a word to each other, but they'd go to see movies together and experience life that way.
A painting can't turn. If you look closely at some of the portraits from cubism at the time, you'll find a portrait of a woman that is really a projector.
I've always liked 3D. I mean, we're sitting here in 3D. We are in 3D. We see in 3D. So why not?
Boardwalk Empire (2010) is made for what I guess you would call the small screen. But we made it like a film; an epic B-film in a way. And you know what? Those small screens aren't that small any more!
[on black and white films] Black and white is never really black and white. It's shades of grey.
I'm not a Hollywood director. I'm an in-spite-of-Hollywood director.
[on film preservation] Film is history. With every foot of film that is lost, we lose a link to our culture, to the world around us, to each other and to ourselves.
[in 2011] At this point I find that the excitement of a young student or filmmaker can get me excited again. I like showing them things and seeing how their minds open up, seeing the way their response then gets expressed in their own work.
There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.
There are two kinds of power you have to fight. The first is the money, and that's just our system. The other is the people close around you, knowing when to accept their criticism, knowing when to say no.
There is an essence to the project that you must protect. You cannot make concessions on that, the story cannot be tampered with past that point; you have to fight off every power or force around you.
[on Amos Vogel] If you're looking for the origin of film culture in America, look no further than Amos Vogel. Amos opened the doors to every possibility in film viewing, film exhibition, film curating, film appreciation.
I have a desire to tell stories. And I'm never quite satisfied.
[on actors he would like to work with] Johnny Depp is one. I like him. He's unique. I don't know how he does it.
The King of Comedy (1982) is my coming to terms with disappointment, disappointment with the fact that the reality is different from the dream.
Each film is interlocked with so many other films. You can't get away. Whatever you do now that you think is new was already done in 1913.
[on death] I'm still struggling with the religious aspects of it.
Every time I get on an airplane, I know I'm not really an atheist. "Oh God, dear God," I say the minute the plane takes off. "I'm sorry for all my sins, please don't let this plane crash." And I keep praying out loud until the plane lands.
[on Mean Streets (1973)] I was so pleased when Warner Bros. bought it because they had all the best gangster films.
Cape Fear (1991) was an attempt to work in the mainstream.
Max von Sydow is iconic in cinema. There's no doubt about it. He changed the face of cinema with his portrayals, going back to Ingmar Bergman.
When I went to Hollywood in the '70s, what I saw of the old Hollywood was dying away.
There's no way I can compare a movie of mine to the films that formed me.
[on Las Vegas] A lot of people love to go to Vegas because they really love the aesthetic of the bad taste. I find it remarkable. I think it's interesting visually but I don't enjoy it.
[on Taxi Driver (1976)] The script was given to me by Brian De Palma. He thought it was a wonderful script.
If you're intrigued by movie making as a career, this isn't the class for you. But if you need to make movies, if you feel like you can't rest until you've told this particular story that you're burning to tell, then I could be speaking to you.
If you don't get physically ill seeing your first rough cut, something's wrong.
[on Howard Hughes] He was sort of like the outlaw of Hollywood.
I felt a passion for the movies. It was sparked by my obsession with the illusion of movement that motion pictures create.
[on what to do when an actor does something that is not working] The most important thing is to have patience.
[on Nicolas Cage] There's a spiritual conflict in Nick's eyes and in his face. It's visible, it's open, and it translates into an overall sense of unease. The conflict is an inner questioning: Will I be redeemed? Have I done enough?

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