Martin Scorsese (born 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and film historian whose career spans more than fifty years. To date, Scorsese has directed twenty-six feature length narrative films, seventeen feature-length documentary films, and has co-directed one anthology film.
His films Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas are often cited among the greatest films ever made.[1]
Feature films
editYear | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | Who's That Knocking at My Door | Yes | Yes | No | Debut feature | [2] |
1969 | Obsessions | No | Yes | No | Co-written with Wim Verstappen and Pim de la Parra | |
1972 | Boxcar Bertha | Yes | No | No | [3] | |
1973 | Mean Streets | Yes | Yes | No | Co-written with Mardik Martin | |
1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Yes | No | No | [4] | |
1976 | Taxi Driver | Yes | No | No | [5] | |
1977 | New York, New York | Yes | No | No | [6] | |
1980 | Raging Bull | Yes | No | No | [7] | |
1982 | The King of Comedy | Yes | No | No | [8] | |
1985 | After Hours | Yes | No | No | [9] | |
1986 | The Color of Money | Yes | No | No | [10] | |
1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Yes | No | No | [11] | |
1990 | Goodfellas | Yes | Yes | No | Co-written with Nicholas Pileggi; also executive soundtrack producer | |
1991 | Cape Fear | Yes | No | No | [12] | |
1993 | The Age of Innocence | Yes | Yes | No | Co-written with Jay Cocks | |
1995 | Casino | Yes | Yes | No | Co-written with Nicholas Pileggi; also executive soundtrack producer | |
1997 | Kundun | Yes | No | No | [13] | |
1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | Yes | No | No | [14] | |
2002 | Gangs of New York | Yes | No | No | Also executive soundtrack producer | [15] |
2004 | The Aviator | Yes | No | No | [16] | |
2006 | The Departed | Yes | No | No | [17] | |
2010 | Shutter Island | Yes | No | Yes | [18] | |
2011 | Hugo | Yes | No | Yes | [19] | |
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Yes | No | Yes | ||
2016 | Silence | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Jay Cocks | |
2019 | The Irishman | Yes | No | Yes | ||
2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Eric Roth |
Documentary films
editYear | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1966 | New York City... Melting Point | Yes | No | Yes | ||
1970 | Street Scenes 1970 | Uncredited | No | No | Also includes him acting | |
1974 | Italianamerican | Yes | No | No | ||
1978 | The Last Waltz | Yes | No | No | ||
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince | Yes | No | No | |||
1995 | A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-directed with Michael Henry Wilson | |
1999 | My Voyage to Italy | Yes | No | Yes | ||
2003 | Feel Like Going Home | Yes | No | No | For the documentary series The Blues | |
2004 | Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-directed with Kent Jones | |
2005 | No Direction Home: Bob Dylan | Yes | Yes | No | ||
2008 | Shine a Light | Yes | No | No | ||
2010 | A Letter to Elia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-directed with Kent Jones | |
Public Speaking | Yes | Yes | No | |||
2011 | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Yes | Yes | No | ||
2014 | The 50 Year Argument | Yes | Yes | No | Co-directed with David Tedeschi | |
2019 | Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese | Yes | No | No | [20] | |
2022 | Personality Crisis: One Night Only | Yes | No | No | Co-directed with David Tedeschi | [21] |
2024 | Beatles '64 | No | Yes | No |
Short films
editYear | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1959 | Vesuvius VI | Yes | No | Yes | ||
1963 | What's a Nice Girl like You Doing in a Place like This? | Yes | Yes | No | Honored at the 1965 National Student Film Festival | [22] |
1964 | It's Not Just You, Murray! | Yes | Yes | No | Honored at the 1965 National Student Film Festival | [23] |
1967 | The Big Shave | Yes | Yes | Yes | L'Âge d'or – Knokke-le-Zoute Film Festival | |
1989 | Life Lessons | Yes | No | No | Segment from the anthology film New York Stories | |
1990 | Made in Milan | Yes | No | No | Documentary | |
2001 | The Neighborhood | Yes | No | No | For The Concert for New York City |
Television
editYear | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
Writer | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1986 | Amazing Stories | Yes | No | No | Episode: "Mirror, Mirror" |
2010–2014 | Boardwalk Empire | Yes | Yes | No | Director (pilot "Boardwalk Empire") Executive producer (56 episodes) |
2016 | Vinyl | Yes | Yes | Story | Director and story writer ("Pilot") Executive producer (10 episodes) |
2021 | Pretend It's a City | Yes | Yes | No | 7 episode documentary series |
2022 | Theodore Roosevelt | No | Yes | No | 2 episode documentary miniseries |
The Last Movie Stars | No | Yes | No | 6 episode documentary series | |
2024 | Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints | No | Yes | No | 8 episode documentary series |
TBA | An Afternoon with SCTV | Yes | No | No | Television special |
Music videos
editYear | Title | Artist | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
1987 | "Bad" | Michael Jackson | [24] |
"Somewhere Down the Crazy River" | Robbie Robertson |
Commercials
editYear | Title[25] | Director | Himself | Brand | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1968 | — | Yes | No | Icelandic Airlines | |
— | Yes | No | Revlon | ||
1986 | — | Yes | No | Giorgio Armani / Emporio Armani | |
1998 | — | No | Yes | U.S. Satellite Broadcasting | |
2002 | "Scorsese" | No | Yes | Johnnie Walker | |
2003 | "One Hour Photo" | No | Yes | American Express | |
2004 | "My Life. My Card." | Yes | No | American Express / Tribeca Film Festival | |
2007 | "The Members Project" | No | Yes | American Express Member's Project | |
The Key to Reserva | Yes | Yes | Freixenet Cava | Long-form commercial | |
2008 | "Be Sensible" | No | Yes | AT&T | Public service announcement |
2010 | "Bleu de Chanel" | Yes | No | Bleu de Chanel | |
2012 | "NY Taxi" | No | Yes | Apple iPhone 4S | |
2013 | "Street of Dreams" | Yes | No | The One by Dolce & Gabbana | |
2015 | The Audition | Yes | Yes | Studio City | Long-form commercial |
2018 | "The Art of Storytelling" | No | Yes | Rolex | |
2019 | "Show Up" | No | Yes | Coca-Cola | Super Bowl commercial |
2023 | "Bleu de Chanel" | Yes | No | Bleu de Chanel | |
2024 | "Marty & Francesca Make a Website" | Yes | Yes | Squarespace | Super Bowl commercial |
"Hello Down There" | Yes | Yes |
Acting performances and documentary appearances
editYear | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1967 | Who's That Knocking at My Door | Thug #2 | Uncredited cameo | |
1970 | Street Scenes 1970 | Himself / Interviewer | ||
1972 | Boxcar Bertha | Brothel Customer | Uncredited cameo | |
1973 | Martin Scorsese: Back on the Block | Himself | ||
Mean Streets | Jimmy Shorts Charlie Cappa's Narration |
Uncredited cameo | ||
1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Man in Cafeteria | ||
Italianamerican | Himself | Uncredited | ||
1976 | Cannonball | Mafioso #1 | ||
Taxi Driver | Passenger Watching Silhouette |
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1978 | The Last Waltz | Himself / Interviewer | ||
1980 | Raging Bull | Barbizon Stagehand (voice) | ||
In the Pope's Eye | TV Director | |||
1983 | The King of Comedy | TV Director / Man In Green Van | Cameo | |
Anna Pavlova | Giulio Gatti-Casazza | |||
1985 | After Hours | Man with Searchlight | Uncredited cameo | |
1986 | The Color of Money | Opening Narrator Man Playing Pool Man Walking Dog |
Uncredited cameo | |
Round Midnight | R. W. Goodley | |||
1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Isaiah | Uncredited | |
1989 | New York Stories | Man Having Picture Taken with Lionel Dobie | Uncredited cameo | |
1990 | Dreams | Vincent van Gogh | ||
The Grifters | Opening Voice-Over | Uncredited | ||
1991 | Guilty by Suspicion | Joe Lesser | ||
1992 | The Player | Himself | ||
1993 | The Age of Innocence | Photographer | Uncredited cameo | |
1994 | Quiz Show | Martin Rittenhome | ||
1995 | Search and Destroy | The Accountant | ||
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies |
Himself | Host | ||
1998 | With Friends Like These... | |||
In Search of Kundun with Martin Scorsese | ||||
1999 | The Muse | |||
Bringing Out the Dead | Dispatcher (voice) | |||
My Voyage to Italy | Himself | Host | ||
2002 | Gangs of New York | Wealthy Homeowner | Uncredited cameo | |
Curb Your Enthusiasm | Himself | 2 episodes | [26] | |
2003 | Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | |||
2004 | The Aviator | Hell's Angel's Projectionist (voice) | Uncredited | |
Shark Tale | Sykes | Voice | [27] | |
2005 | No Direction Home: Bob Dylan | Himself (voice) | Uncredited | |
2007 | The Key to Reserva | Himself | ||
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows | Host | |||
2008 | Shine a Light | Male Gigolo | Uncredited | |
2009 | Entourage | Himself | Episode: "Return to Queens Blvd" | |
30 Rock | Episode: "Audition Day" | |||
2010 | Serta | Sheep #5 | Uncredited; German dub | |
2011 | Hugo | Cameraman | Uncredited cameo | |
2012 | Martin Scorsese Eats a Cookie[28] | Himself | Short film | |
Bad 25 | ||||
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | John (voice) | Uncredited | |
One Direction: This Is Us | Himself | |||
2014 | Life Itself | Himself | ||
2015 | Campus Code | Doctor | ||
2016 | Silence | European Visitor[29] | Uncredited cameo | |
2019 | The Irishman | Court Usher (voice)[30] | Uncredited | |
The Irishman: In Conversation | Himself | Documentary short | ||
2021 | Pretend It's a City | Himself / Interviewer | 7 episodes | |
2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Radio Show Producer | ||
2024 | Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints | Himself / Narrator | Documentary series | [31] |
TBA | In the Hand of Dante | Post-production |
Other works
editProducer credits
editOther credits
editYear | Title | Credit |
---|---|---|
1970 | Item 72-D: The Adventures of Spa and Fon | Consulting producer |
Street Scenes 1970 | Post-production director | |
1971 | We Have Come for Your Daughters | Associate producer |
Editing
editYear | Title |
---|---|
1966 | New York City... Melting Point |
1967 | The Big Shave |
1970 | Woodstock |
1971 | We Have Come for Your Daughters (Uncredited) |
1972 | Unholy Rollers (Supervising editor) |
Commentaries, intros, etc.
editTitle | Credit | Found on |
---|---|---|
Scorsese Shorts | 2020 conversation w/film critic Farran Smith Nehme | Criterion |
Who's That Knocking at My Door | Commentary | |
Mean Streets | Selected-scene Commentary, conversation | Criterion |
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Commentary w/Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson | |
Taxi Driver | 1991 commentary w/Paul Schrader | Criterion laserdisc |
New York, New York | Commentary & intro | |
The Last Waltz | Commentary, interviews (Criterion only) | Criterion, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
Raging Bull | 1990 commentary w/Thelma Schoonmaker | Criterion laserdisc |
The King of Comedy | Conversation w/De Niro & Lewis | 30th anniversary ed |
After Hours | Commentary, interview, and featured in bonus documentary | Criterion |
The Last Temptation of Christ | Commentary | Criterion |
Goodfellas | Commentary | |
The Age of Innocence | 2018 interview | Criterion |
Casino | Commentary | |
Gangs of New York | Commentary | |
The Aviator | Commentary | |
The Departed | Intros to deleted scenes | |
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese | Interview | Criterion |
The Irishman | Conversation w/De Niro, Pacino & Pesci | Criterion |
Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project | Intros to all 6 films | Criterion |
Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 2 | Intros to all 6 films | Criterion |
Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 3 | Intros to all 6 films | Criterion |
Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 4 | Intros to all 6 films | Criterion |
The Thief of Bagdad | Commentary w/Francis Ford Coppola | Criterion |
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Commentary w/Michael Powell; intro; restoration demo | Criterion |
Gilda | 2010 appreciation piece w/Baz Luhrmann | Criterion |
A Matter of Life and Death | 2008 Interview | Criterion |
Black Narcissus | Commentary w/Michael Powell | Criterion |
The Red Shoes | Restoration demo; interview | Criterion |
The Set-Up | Commentary | Warner Archives |
The Tales of Hoffmann | Commentary w/film music historian Bruce Eder | Criterion |
The River | 2004 interview | Criterion |
The Golden Coach | Intro | Criterion |
Pickup on South Street | Written essay | Criterion |
La Strada | Intro | Criterion |
On the Waterfront | Conversation w/critic Kent Jones | Criterion |
Journey to Italy | 2013 interview | Criterion |
Johnny Guitar | Intro | Olive Films |
Drive a Crooked Road | Intro | Film Noir Classics - TCM vault collection |
Richard III | Restoration demo | Criterion |
Somebody Up There Likes Me | Commentary along with Robert Wise, Robert Loggia, Paul Newman & Richard Schickel | Warner Home Video |
The Tall T | Intro | Criterion - The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher |
Decision at Sundown | Intro | Criterion - The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher |
The Burglar | Intro | Film Noir Classics - TCM vault collection |
Buchanan Rides Alone | Intro | Criterion - The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher |
Ride Lonesome | Intro | Criterion - The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher |
Comanche Station | Intro | Criterion - The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher |
One-Eyed Jacks | Intro | Criterion |
Divorce Italian Style | Printed piece | Criterion |
Salvatore Giuliano | Written tribute; is also featured in bonus documentary | Criterion |
Help! | Booklet written by Richard Lester & MS | Capital Records DVD |
Age of Consent | Intro | 2009 DVD release of the Director's Cut |
Touki Bouki | Intro | Criterion |
Manila in the Claws of Light | Intro | Criterion |
Trances | Intro | Criterion |
Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family | Introduction to the 2019 edition of the book and audiobook | Simon & Schuster |
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams | Is featured in bonus documentary | Criterion |
Bottle Rocket | Written appreciation | Criterion |
Additional credits
editYear | Title | Credit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1963 | Inesita | Photographer | |
1970 | Woodstock | Assistant director | |
1972 | Elvis on Tour | Montage supervisor | |
1995 | Rough Magic | Presenter | |
2000 | Love's Labour's Lost | U.S. release | |
2005 | Brooklyn Lobster | ||
2006 | Alpha Dog | Special Thanks | Credited as Marty Scorsese |
2008 | Gomorrah | Presenter | U.S. release |
2023 | Asteroid City | Special Thanks |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Boxcar Bertha". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (December 1, 1974). "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ^ "Film View". The New York Times. February 15, 1976. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
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- ^ Leight, Elias (August 10, 2017). "Wesley Snipes Confirms Stealing Prince's Role in Michael Jackson's 'Bad' Video". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
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