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Martin Scorsese is born
Born Martin Charles Scorsese in Little Italy, New York City to parents Catherine and Charles. Martin attended NYU for Film. -
Who's That Knocking At My Door
Marty's first feature film and his first of many times working with Harvey Kietel who would go on to be a long time friend. Who's That Knocking At My Door tells the story of a young New Yorker who is struggling in dealing with the fact that his newyl wed wife was once raped. -
Mean Streets
Mean Streets follows young Charlie as he struggles to find balance in his life with crime and relgion on either side of the pendulum. This is Marty's first of many collaborations with Robert De Niro. Supposedly, Mean Streets is highly based off of Scorsese's young adult hood living in New York, and the friends he grew up with who went off the rails. -
Taxi Driver
"You talkin to me?"
Taxi Driver is widely considered today as one of the greatest film of all time. The film takes place post-vietnam war, and is a character study of a mentally unstable veteran, Travis Bickel. Travis takes up driving Taxi as an over night job because he has nothing better to do. Spending night after night in the dirty, corrupt streets up New York City, he observes the characters and scenarios that go in and out of his cab. The viewer watches as Travis slowly becomes fed up. -
The Last Waltz
Robbie Robertson of The Band teams up with Scorsese to document The Band's last live performance after 16 years on the road. With aa set list of their greatest hits, interviews, in-studio recordings, and guest perfomances. Guests include Neil Young, Eric Claption, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Ringo Star, and Joni Mitchell. -
Raging Bull
the first of many Scorsese-De Niro-Pesci collaborations, Marty makes the decision to film all of this movie in black and white. The film portrays the story of real-life boxer Jake La Motta and his rise and fall in the professional boxing world. Raging Bull wins Di Niro an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his method-acting portrayal of Jake La Motta -
Michael Jackson- Bad
Music Video for Michael Jackson's hit single Bad -
The Last Temptation of Christ
the most controversial of Scorsese's film, this 164min epic tells the life and times of Jesus Christ. Stars Willam Defou as Jesus and Harvey Kietel as Judas. -
Goodfellas
This Scoresse classic, and personal favourite-tells the story of Henry Hill. His rise and fall in the Mob and the lessons learned through the process, sets up an American Classic with a kickass soundtrack. Starring Ray Liota, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci -
Casino
Really, just Goodfellas based around a Casino. Enough said. -
Gangs Of New York
It's 1863 and lower Manhattan is run by gangs, The most powerful of them all is the Natives, lead by Bill "The Butcher" Cutting. He believes that America should belong to native-born Americans and opposes the waves of immigrants, mostly Irish, entering the city. Having seen his father killed in a major gang fight in New York, young Amsterdam Vallon comes back to NY to get his revenge on his fathers killer; Bill "The Butcher". -
The Departed
A young cop has to earn his place on the force, and is assigned to go undercover to infiltrate the Irish mob of Boston, but he soon finds himself with no where to go when an inside man on the force is doing everything he can to find out who he is before he does the same. This cat and mouse crime thriller earned Scorsese his first Oscar for Best Director. Starring, Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon, and Jack Nicholson -
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Scorsese documents the life of lead guitarist, and "The Quiet Beatle", George Harrison. The film contains never before seen footage and photo's, and personal interviews with Harrison's friends and family. Interviewees includes; Paul McCartney, Ringo Star, Dhani Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Pattie Boyd.
Scorsese has proven time and time again his love for music. More specifically Rock and Roll. Soundtracks filled with songs of The Rolling Stones, or other "Rock Docs" such as The Last Waltz -
The Wolf of Wall Street
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government. This is Marty's longest film, clocking in at 3 hours. "Wolf" takes you on a wild ride as you watch a wealthy mans downfall and all the partying, and substance abuse that comes along with it. -
Vinyl
Rockstar Mick Jagger, Wolf of Wallstreet writer, Terence Winter, and Scorsesse put their heads togethor to create this HBO show about the new wave of Rock n Roll in the 70s.
Director (1 Episode)
Executive Producer (11 Episodes)
