he’s an Oscar award-winning director who
has become famous for his long-running
collaborations with actors as well as
his focus on italian-american subject
matter don’t overcook it overcook his
notebook welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re taking a look at the
critically acclaimed career of Martin
Scorsese Martin Scorsese was born on
November 17 1942 in Queens New York in
his youth he attended a Catholic High
School in the Bronx and sought to one
day join the priesthood however numerous
visits to the local movie theater
stirred an even greater passion for
cinema which led him to study at NYU
there he obtained a master’s degree in
film directing Scorsese began creating
full-length films in 1968 with who’s
that knocking at my door the feature not
only began his career but also set the
stage for several long-running
collaborative bonds beginning with his
former classmate Harvey Keitel in 1972
Scorsese directed the depression-era
picture boxcar Bertha for Roger Corman
an experience that taught the principles
of b-movie filmmaking fortunately this
training experience prepared Scorsese
for the rough filming conditions of 1973
Mean Streets a film that truly
established Scorsese signature style of
rapid editing it also began yet another
fruitful partnership this time with
actor Robert De Niro Jimmy you know you
got a good friend the duo then went on
to release their iconic film taxi driver
the movie became a wild success for the
pair and firmly established his
reputation as a filmmaker by winning him
four Oscar nominations and the Palme
d’Or award at the 1976 can Film Festival
due to his newfound fame and reputation
Scorsese found himself in a position to
take on his first big-budget project he
chose to create a musical tribute to his
hometown unfortunately New York New York
turned into a devastating box-office
failure and drove Scorsese into a long
period of depression and cocaine use in
the following years
Scorsese dabbled in documentary
filmmaking with projects like The Last
Waltz however his creative energy
finally rebounded with the making of
1980s Raging Bull the picture ultimately
became one of the greatest sports movies
of all time
due to robert deniro’s involvement both
on and off screen as the actor helps
Scorsese kick his cocaine addiction
though Raging Bull was a huge success
one of Scorsese’s biggest failures was
his next project the king of comedy
Jerry Jerry all right he’s gonna help
you the desperate need for a commercial
success then prompted Scorsese to take
on his first mainstream project the
color of money starring Paul Newman this
box office draw enabled Scorsese to find
financial backing for his deeply
personal religious project The Last
Temptation of Christ
however the film spurred violent
backlash and was banned in several
countries with mixed results behind him
Scorsese entered the 90s with newfound
focus that enabled him to put together a
string of high-profile successes such as
his gangster epic Goodfellas and 1995’s
Casino these films have come to be
considered some of the greatest
achievements of his career yet with each
success Scorsese had also taken on more
questionable projects such as 1997’s
Kuhn dune which confused and alienated
many of his fans still as the Millennium
came to an end
Scorsese crafted his biggest venture to
date gangs of new york not only got
nominated for numerous awards but marked
his first collaboration with actor
Leonardo DiCaprio who would also star
and his critically acclaimed biopic The
Aviator in 2004 in 2007 The Departed
finally granted Scorsese his first
Academy Award for Best Director could
you double check the envelope in 2010
Scorsese reunited with DiCaprio for the
fourth time for the film adaptation of
the novel inspired thriller Shutter
Island and was announced as a director
for the highly anticipated biopic
centered on the life of Frank Sinatra
has become famous for his long-running
collaborations with actors as well as
his focus on italian-american subject
matter don’t overcook it overcook his
notebook welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re taking a look at the
critically acclaimed career of Martin
Scorsese Martin Scorsese was born on
November 17 1942 in Queens New York in
his youth he attended a Catholic High
School in the Bronx and sought to one
day join the priesthood however numerous
visits to the local movie theater
stirred an even greater passion for
cinema which led him to study at NYU
there he obtained a master’s degree in
film directing Scorsese began creating
full-length films in 1968 with who’s
that knocking at my door the feature not
only began his career but also set the
stage for several long-running
collaborative bonds beginning with his
former classmate Harvey Keitel in 1972
Scorsese directed the depression-era
picture boxcar Bertha for Roger Corman
an experience that taught the principles
of b-movie filmmaking fortunately this
training experience prepared Scorsese
for the rough filming conditions of 1973
Mean Streets a film that truly
established Scorsese signature style of
rapid editing it also began yet another
fruitful partnership this time with
actor Robert De Niro Jimmy you know you
got a good friend the duo then went on
to release their iconic film taxi driver
the movie became a wild success for the
pair and firmly established his
reputation as a filmmaker by winning him
four Oscar nominations and the Palme
d’Or award at the 1976 can Film Festival
due to his newfound fame and reputation
Scorsese found himself in a position to
take on his first big-budget project he
chose to create a musical tribute to his
hometown unfortunately New York New York
turned into a devastating box-office
failure and drove Scorsese into a long
period of depression and cocaine use in
the following years
Scorsese dabbled in documentary
filmmaking with projects like The Last
Waltz however his creative energy
finally rebounded with the making of
1980s Raging Bull the picture ultimately
became one of the greatest sports movies
of all time
due to robert deniro’s involvement both
on and off screen as the actor helps
Scorsese kick his cocaine addiction
though Raging Bull was a huge success
one of Scorsese’s biggest failures was
his next project the king of comedy
Jerry Jerry all right he’s gonna help
you the desperate need for a commercial
success then prompted Scorsese to take
on his first mainstream project the
color of money starring Paul Newman this
box office draw enabled Scorsese to find
financial backing for his deeply
personal religious project The Last
Temptation of Christ
however the film spurred violent
backlash and was banned in several
countries with mixed results behind him
Scorsese entered the 90s with newfound
focus that enabled him to put together a
string of high-profile successes such as
his gangster epic Goodfellas and 1995’s
Casino these films have come to be
considered some of the greatest
achievements of his career yet with each
success Scorsese had also taken on more
questionable projects such as 1997’s
Kuhn dune which confused and alienated
many of his fans still as the Millennium
came to an end
Scorsese crafted his biggest venture to
date gangs of new york not only got
nominated for numerous awards but marked
his first collaboration with actor
Leonardo DiCaprio who would also star
and his critically acclaimed biopic The
Aviator in 2004 in 2007 The Departed
finally granted Scorsese his first
Academy Award for Best Director could
you double check the envelope in 2010
Scorsese reunited with DiCaprio for the
fourth time for the film adaptation of
the novel inspired thriller Shutter
Island and was announced as a director
for the highly anticipated biopic
centered on the life of Frank Sinatra
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