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Martin Scorsese Biography (1942-)
Surname is pronounced "Skor-say-see"; born November 17, 1942, in Flushing, Queens, New York, NY; son of Luciano Charles (a clothes presser and actor) andCatherine (a seamstress and actress; maiden name, Cappa) Scorsese; married Laraine Marie Brennan (an actress), May 15, 1965 (divorced); married Julia Cameron (a journalist), December 30, 1975 (divorced); married Isabella Rosellini(an actress, model, and entrepreneur), September 29, 1979 (divorced, 1983); married Barbara De Fina (a film producer), February 9, 1985 (divorced); married Helen S. Morris (a book editor), July 22, 1999; children: (first marriage)Catherine Terese Glinora Sophia (an actress, grip, and property assistant; also known as Cathy Scorsese and Catherine T. Scorsese); (second marriage) Domenica Elizabeth (an actress; also known as Domenica Cameron-Scorsese); (fifthmarriage) Francesca.Addresses: Agent: Artists Management Group, 9465Wilshire Blvd., Suite 519, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: PMK/HBH, 8500Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Contact: c/o TriBeCa Film Center, 375 Greenwich St., New York, NY 10013.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Director, producer, editor, writer, actor
- Birth Details
- November 17, 1942
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Work
- Director
- Vesuvius VI, 1959
- What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, Department of Television, New York University, 1963
- It's Not Just You, Murray!, 1964
- The Big Shave (also known asThe Big Shave ... or, Viet '67), Scorsese Productions, 1968
- Who's That Knocking at My Door? (also known asBring on the Dancing Girls [first version, 1965],I Call First [second version, 1967], andJ.R. [reissue title, 1970]), Joseph Brenner Associates, 1968
- Street Scenes (documentary), 1970
- Boxcar Bertha, American International Pictures, 1972
- Mean Streets, Warner Bros., 1973
- (With others)Badge 373, Paramount, 1973
- Italianamerican (documentary), Scorsese Productions/National Communications Foundation, 1974, broadcast as an episode ofNew to America,The Learning Channel, 1989
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Warner Bros., 1975
- Taxi Driver, Columbia, 1976
- New York, New York (musical), United Artists, 1977
- American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (documentary; also knownasAmerican Boy), New Empire, 1978
- The Last Waltz (documentary concert film), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1978
- Raging Bull, United Artists, 1980
- The King of Comedy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
- After Hours, Geffen Films, 1985
- The Color of Money, Buena Vista, 1986
- Not Just Any Flower, 1987
- The Last Temptation of Christ, Universal, 1988
- (With Woody Allen and Francis Ford Coppola)New York Stories, Buena Vista, 1989
- GoodFellas (also known asWise Guy), Warner Bros., 1990
- Made in Milan (documentary), Emporio Armani, 1990
- Cape Fear, Universal, 1991
- The Age of Innocence, Columbia, 1993
- Casino, Universal, 1995
- Kundun, Buena Vista, 1997
- The Hi-Lo Country, Gramercy, 1998
- Bringing Out the Dead, Paramount, 1999
- Il mio viaggio in Italia (documentary; also known asMy Voyageto Italy), 1999, Miramax, 2001
- Dino, DreamWorks/Warner Bros., 2002
- Gangs of New York, Miramax, 2002
- Executive Producer
- Con gli occhi chiusi (also known asWith Closed Eyes andCon los ojos cerrados), 1994
- Naked in New York, Fine Line, 1994
- Search and Destroy (also known asThe Four Rules), OctoberFilms, 1995
- Grace of My Heart, Gramercy, 1996
- Kicked in the Head, Imperial Entertainment, 1997
- You Can Count on Me, Paramount, 2000
- Deuces Wild, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2002
- Rain, Antena 3 Television/Cappa Films/Kinowelt Filmproduktion/Lolafilms/Via Digital, 2002
- Producer
- Mean Streets, Warner Bros., 1973
- (With Robert Harris and James Painten)The Grifters, Miramax, 1990
- Mad Dog and Glory, Universal, 1993
- Clockers, Universal, 1995
- The Hi-Lo Country, Gramercy, 1998
- Gangs of New York, Miramax, 2002
- Associate Producer and Post-Production Supervisor
- Boxcar Bertha, American International Pictures, 1972
- Medicine Ball Caravan (also known asWe Have Come for Your Daughters, documentary concert film), Warner Bros., 1979
- Supervising Editor
- Unholy Rollers (also known asLeader of the Pack), 1972
- The Big Shave (also known asThe Big Shave ... or, Viet '67), Scorsese Productions, 1968
- (And assistant director)Woodstock (documentary concert film; alsoknown asWoodstock, 3 Days of Peace & Music), Warner Bros., 1970,later released asWoodstock's 25th Anniversary Edition
- Other
- (Photographer)Inesita, 1963
- (Editor and montage supervisor)Elvis on Tour (documentary concertfilm), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973
- Film Appearances
- Gangster,Who's That Knocking at My Door? (also known asBringon the Dancing Girls [first version, 1965],I Call First [second version, 1967], andJ.R. [reissue title, 1970]), Joseph Brenner Associates, 1968
- Interviewer,Street Scenes (documentary), 1970
- Bordello client,Boxcar Bertha, American International Pictures, 1972
- Jimmy Shorts (Shorty the hitman),Mean Streets, Warner Bros., 1973
- Italianamerican (documentary), Scorsese Productions/National Communications Foundation, 1974, broadcast as an episode ofNew to America,The Learning Channel, 1989
- Customer at Mel and Ruby's,Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Warner Bros., 1975
- Mafioso,Cannonball (also known asCarquake), New World, 1976
- Passenger,Taxi Driver, Columbia, 1976
- Interviewer,The Last Waltz (documentary concert film), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1978
- American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (documentary; also knownasAmerican Boy), New Empire, 1978
- Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel, 1979
- Barbizon stagehand,Raging Bull, United Artists, 1980
- Television director,Pap'occhio, II (also known asIn the Pope's Eye), 1981
- Triple Play, 1981
- Bonjour Mr. Lewis, 1982
- Gatti-Cassaza,Pavlova: A Woman for All Seasons (also known asAnna Pavlova,Anna Pavlova: A Woman for All Time,The Divine Anna,Pavlova,A Woman for All Time, andAnna Pawlowa--EinLeben fuer den Tanz), Poseidon, 1983
- Television director,The King of Comedy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
- Club Berlin spotlight operator,After Hours, Geffen Films, 1985
- Goodley,'Round Midnight (also known asAutour de minuit),Warner Bros., 1986
- Opening voice,The Color of Money, Buena Vista, 1986
- David Cronenberg: Long Live the Flesh (documentary), 1986
- Hollywood Uncensored, 1987
- Man taking picture with Lionel Dobie,New York Stories, Buena Vista, 1989
- Vincent van Gogh,Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (also known asDreams,I Saw a Dream Like This,Such Dreams I Have Dreamed,Koma yume wo mita, andYume), Warner Bros., 1990
- Voice for opening scenes,The Grifters, Miramax, 1990
- Fear No Evil, 1990
- Hollywood Mavericks, 1990
- Joe Lesser,Guilty by Suspicion (also known asLa liste noir), Warner Bros., 1991
- Film director,Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann, Alternate Current International, 1992
- Photographer,The Age of Innocence, Columbia, 1993
- Sponsor,Quiz Show, Buena Vista, 1994
- Everybody Just Stay Calm, 1994
- Jonas in the Desert, Black SUN Flower Filmproduction, 1994
- The accountant,Search and Destroy (also known asThe Four Rules), October Films, 1995
- Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick, Wild Bill Pictures, 1996
- The Race to Save 100 Years, Warner Bros., 1997
- One Vision, Vienna Productions, 1998
- Scorsese,With Friends Like These ... (also known asMom's on the Roof), 1998, Miramax, 1999
- A la recherche de Kundun avec Martin Scorsese (also known asInSearch of Kundun with Martin Scorsese), 1998, IN Pictures, 1999
- Himself,The Muse, October Films/USA Films, 1999
- Voice of dispatcher,Bringing Out the Dead, Paramount, 1999
- Commentator,Black Narcissus: The Criterion Collection, 2001 (DVDrelease of the filmBlack Narcissus, General, 1946)
- Host,Il mio viaggio in Italia (documentary; also known asMy Voyage to Italy), 1999, Miramax, 2001
- Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (documentary), Warner Bros., 2001
- Revisiting "The Last Waltz" (documentary), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 2002
- Television Work
- Miniseries
- (Director and producer)A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies, Channel 4, 1995
- (Executive producer)The Blues, PBS, 2002
- Director; Specials
- Eric Clapton: Nothing but the Blues: An In the Spotlight Special,1995
- La memoire retrouvee, 1996
- Dolce cinema, II, 1999
- Director; Episodic
- "Mirror, Mirror,"Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986
- "Italianamerican" (documentary),New to America, The Learning Channel, 1989, from the documentary filmItalianamerican, Scorsese Productions/National Communications Foundation, 1974
- Television Appearances
- Series
- American Cinema, PBS, 1995
- The Scorsese Machine, 1995
- Dreams of Tibet, 1997
- Miniseries
- Host and narrator,A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies, Channel 4, 1995
- New York: A Documentary Film, PBS, 1999
- Specials
- Firstworks, The Movie Channel, 1988
- The Story of Hollywood, TNT, 1988
- Champlin on Film, Bravo, 1989
- The 18th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Sir David Lean, ABC, 1990
- John Cassavetes, PBS, 1990
- Martin Scorsese Directs, PBS, 1990
- Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of the American Dream, PBS, 1990
- Siskel and Ebert: The Future of the Movies with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Martin Scorsese (also known asSiskel and Ebert: The Future of the Movies), syndicated, 1990
- Everybody Dance Now, PBS, 1991
- Reflections on Citizen Kane, 1991
- Oliver Stone: Inside Out, Showtime, 1992
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies, HBO, 1995
- Making of My Fair Lady: More Loverly than Ever, The Disney Channel, 1995
- Robbie Robertson: Going Home (also known asRobbie Robertson), The Disney Channel, 1995
- The director,La memoire retrouvee, 1996
- I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited, 1996
- The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera (documentary), British Film Institute/Independent Film Channel, 1996
- Frank Capra's American Dream, 1997
- Obsessed with Vertigo, 1997
- A Salute to Martin Scorsese (also known asThe 25th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Martin Scorsese), CBS, 1997
- AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies, CBS, 1998
- AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies: In Search Of, CBS, 1998
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley, NBC, 1998
- Host,Dolce cinema, II, 1999
- A Conversation with Gregory Peck, TCM, 1999
- Mother-Tongue: Italian American Sons & Mothers, 1999
- "Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows,"American Masters, PBS, 2000
- The Beatles Revolution, ABC, 2000
- AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies, CBS, 2001
- New York at the Movies, 2002
- Awards Presentations
- The 62nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1990
- Presenter,The Essence Awards, 1994
- Presenter,The 70th Annual Academy Awards, 1998
- Episodic
- "College,"The Sopranos, HBO, 1999
- The Directors: Martin Scorsese, Encore, c. 2000
- With the Filmmaker: Portraits by Albert Maysles, Independent FilmChannel, 2001
- Stage Work
- Director
- The Act, Majestic Theatre, New York City, 1977-1978
- RECORDINGS
- Video Work; Director
- Michael Jackson,Bad (extended version), 1987
- Michael Jackson: The Magic Returns, CBS Video, 1987
- Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues, 1988
- Robbie Robertson, "Somewhere down the Crazy River," 1988
- History (also known asMichael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits--HIStory), 1994
- Also directed the music video "we haven't turned around," by Gomez.
- Music Video Work; Executive Producer
- "PoV," 1990
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, Department of Television, New York University, 1963
- It's Not Just You, Murray!, 1964
- (With Betzi Manoogian)Who's That Knocking at My Door? (also knownasBring on the Dancing Girls [first version, 1965],I Call First [second version, 1967], andJ.R. [reissue title, 1970]), Joseph Brenner Associates, 1968
- The Big Shave (also known asThe Big Shave ... or, Viet '67), Scorsese Productions, 1968
- Obsessions (also known asBesessen--Das Loch in der Wand andHet Gat in de Muur), 1969
- (Author of story)Mean Streets, Warner Bros., 1973
- Italianamerican (documentary), Scorsese Productions/National Communications Foundation, 1974, broadcast as an episode ofNew to America,The Learning Channel, 1989
- (With Paul Schrader)The Last Temptation of Christ (based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis), Universal, 1988
- (With Nicholas Pileggi)Goodfellas (based on the novelWiseguy by Pileggi), Warner Bros., 1990, published with an introduction by DavidThompson, Faber, 1990
- (With Jay Cocks)The Age of Innocence (based on the novel by EdithWharton), Columbia, 1993, published asThe Age of Innocence: The Illustrated Story of the Film, Newmarket Press (England), 1993, published asThe Age of Innocence: The Shooting Script, Newmarket Press (New York City), 1995
- Casino (based on the novel by Nicholas Pileggi), Universal, 1995
- Il mio viaggio in Italia (documentary; also known asMy Voyageto Italy), 1999, Miramax, 2001
- Teleplays
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (miniseries), Channel 4, 1995, printed version written with Michael Henry Wilson, published by Hyperion Books (New York City), 1997
- Dolce cinema, II (special), 1999
- Nonfiction
- Scorsese on Scorsese, edited by Ian Christie and David Thompson, Faber, 1989
- A Director's Diary: The Making of "Kundun," Random House (New YorkCity), 1998
- Martin Scorsese Interviews, edited by Peter Brunette, University Press of Mississippi (Jackson, MS), 1999
- (General editor and author of introduction)Modern Library: The Movies (includesAgee on Film,The Art of the Moving Picture,The Making of "2001: A Space Odyssey," andMemo from David O. Selznick), Modern Library, 2000
Further Reference
ADAPTATIONS
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore was the basis for the television seriesAlice, broadcast on CBS.
OTHER SOURCESBooks- Arnold, Frank, and others,Martin Scorsese, [Munich, Germany], 1986
- Bliss, Michael,Martin Scorsese and Michael Cimino, Scarecrow Press (Metuchen, NJ), 1986
- Bliss, Michael,The Word Made Flesh: Catholicism and Conflict in the Films of Martin Scorsese, Scarecrow Press, 1996
- Celebrity Register 1990, Gale, 1990
- Connelly, Marie Katheryn,Martin Scorsese: An Analysis of His FeatureFilms, with a Filmography of His Entire Directorial Career, McFarland andCo. (Jefferson, NC), 1993
- Contemporary Authors, Volume 114, Gale, 1985
- Contemporary Newsmakers 89, Volume 1, Gale, 1989
- Ebert, Roger,The Future of the Movies: Interviews with Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg, Andrews & McMeel, 1991
- Ehrenstein, David,The Scorsese Picture: The Art and Life of Martin Scorsese, Carol Publishing Group, 1992
- Encyclopedia of World Biography, second edition, Gale, 1998
- Friedman, Lawrence S.,The Cinema of Martin Scorsese, Continuum (New York City), 1997
- Grist, Leighton,The Films of Martin Scorsese, 1963-1977: Authorship and Context, St. Martin's Press (New York City), 2000
- Kelly, Mary Pat,Martin Scorsese: The First Decade, Redgrave Publishing, 1980
- Kelly, Mary Pat,Martin Scorsese: A Journey, Thunder's Mouth Press, 1992
- Scorsese, Martin,A Director's Diary: The Making of "Kundun," Random House (New York City), 1998
- Scorsese, Martin,Martin Scorsese Interviews, edited by Peter Brunette, University Press of Mississippi (Jackson, MS), 1999
- Scorsese, Martin,Scorsese on Scorsese, edited by Ian Christie andDavid Thompson, Faber, 1989
- Stern, Lesley,The Scorsese Connection, Indiana University Press (Bloomington, IN), 1995
Periodicals- Action, May/June, 1975
- American Film, November, 1982
- American Heritage, November/December, 2001, pp. 50-56
- Christian Science Monitor, May 1, 1978
- Commonweal, February 27, 1998, p. 21
- Cue, August 19, 1972; March 3, 1975
- Empire, October, 1997, p. 93; May, 1998, pp. 76-79
- Entertainment Weekly, November 3, 1995, p. 47
- Esquire, February, 1975
- Film Comment, September/October, 1988; January/February, 1996, p.59; May/June, 1996, p. 4; May/June, 1998, pp. 16, 24, 29, 30, 46, 64, 68
- Film Quarterly, spring, 1986
- Film Review, February, 2000, pp. 78-79
- Interview, October, 1993, pp. 62-63, 135
- Journal of Popular Film and Television, spring, 1996
- Newsday, August 11, 1988
- New Statesman, April 3, 1998, p. 64
- Newsweek, May 16, 1977
- New York Times, September 29, 1985; October 26, 1986
- New York Times Magazine, February 8, 1976
- People Weekly, January 26, 1998, p. 138
- Premiere, December, 1998, pp. 85-90; October, 1999, pp. 74-77
- Rolling Stone, April 14, 1983
- Sight and Sound, summer, 1983
- Total Film, February, 2000, p. 22
- USA Today, September, 1998, p. 81
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