--- title: Martin Scorsese slug: martin-scorsese-6c3a8 url: /detay/martin-scorsese-6c3a8 type: biography language: English entity: primary: Martin Scorsese type: biography categories: - name: Cinema And Television slug: sinema-ve-televizyon url: /kategori/sinema-ve-televizyon - name: Media And Communication slug: medya-ve-iletisim url: /kategori/medya-ve-iletisim - name: Art slug: sanat url: /kategori/sanat tags: - martinscorsese - Cinema - Hollywood author: Yusuf Bilal Akkaya created_at: 2026-07-14T18:12:36.858974+03:00 updated_at: 2026-07-14T18:12:36.858974+03:00 image: https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/02/26/mrBfKzhF36IDlH9FB8YR6u76UYdh77DP.jpeg --- # Martin Scorsese > Italian-American film director, screenwriter, producer ## KURE Information Cards ### KURE Information Card: Martin Scorsese ![bilgi kartı martin.jpg](https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/02/26/kqbzbXRvbCgqjw6Ik6efPOQxMhJl6n21.jpeg) | Field | Value | |-------|-------| | Date of birth | 1942-11-17 | | Place of birth | Queens New York | | First feature film | Who's That Knocking at My Door | | Actors he worked with most | Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio | | Film for which he won the Oscar | The Departed (2006) | ## Article Content [Martin Charles Scorsese](/en/detay/martin-scorsese-2/llms.txt), born on November 17, 1942, in the Queens borough of New York, is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and one of the most influential figures in cinema history. He is particularly known for his films that explore themes of crime, drama and psychology. Since the late 1960s, Scorsese has built a significant career in Hollywood. ### **Early Life and Education** Scorsese’s interest in cinema began in childhood and he grew up as a cinephile, continuing his passion through academic study and becoming one of the school-trained filmmakers. In his youth, Scorsese considered becoming a priest but abandoned this dream as his passion for cinema grew stronger. Due to asthma during childhood, he avoided athletic activities and instead turned to theater and cinema. He graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. After completing his undergraduate studies in 1964, he earned a master’s degree in cinema and film in 1966 and began his career with short films made during these years. While at university, he was deeply influenced by his professor Haig P. Manoogian; after Manoogian’s death in 1980, Scorsese dedicated his film Raging Bull to him. ![Image](https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/02/26/xsKZrr9v5gRlGOaKx6wFEzyBB8dIzVyE.png) *Martin Scorsese - Gözlem Gazetesi* ### **Career and Films** Scorsese first gained attention with the short films he made as a student. In 1967 he directed his first feature-length black-and-white film, Who’s That Knocking at My Door. His first major collaboration with Robert De Niro, with whom he would work for many years, came in the 1973 film Mean Streets. In the 1974 film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, he portrayed the struggle of a divorced woman to rebuild her life. Ellen Burstyn, in the lead role, won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Two of Scorsese’s most renowned films emerged at the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s. In 1976’s [Taxi Driver](/en/detay/taxi-driver-film-abbc9/llms.txt), with Robert De Niro’s performance, he depicted the story of Travis Bickle, a Vietnam War veteran unable to reintegrate into society. In 1980, again with De Niro, he portrayed the life of boxer Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull. After the box office failure of his 1977 film New York, New York, Scorsese became addicted to drugs. With the help of his close friend and frequent leading actor Robert De Niro, he overcame his addiction. The 1980 project Raging Bull played a major role in his recovery and return to directing. His films The King of Comedy, After Hours and The Color of Money drew attention during the 1980s. He also directed the music video for Bad, a hit song by pop icon Michael Jackson in 1987. The 1990 film [Goodfellas](/en/detay/goodfellas-siki-dostlar-bdbc9/llms.txt) was widely regarded as one of the best mob films ever made. In the 1990s he directed The Age of Innocence and Casino. In the 2000s, he returned to crime-themed cinema with Gangs of New York, which also marked the first film in which he cast Leonardo DiCaprio after his long collaboration with De Niro. In the 2004 film The Aviator, DiCaprio portrayed the famous aviator Howard Hughes, and Scorsese’s film received numerous awards like his earlier works. He directed [Shutter Island](/en/detay/shutter-island-film-4db3c/llms.txt) in 2010, Hugo in 2011, [The Wolf of Wall Street](/en/detay/money-hunter-the-wolf-of-wall-street-film-619f8/llms.txt) in 2013 and Silence in 2016. After Silence underperformed at the box office, Scorsese could not secure another production company and instead turned to Netflix to produce [The Irishman](/en/detay/the-irishman-film-8cb0a/llms.txt), his first film made exclusively for a digital platform in 2019. The films The Irishman, directed in 2019, and Killers of the Flower Moon, directed in 2023, are his longest in runtime. ![Image](https://cdn.t3pedia.org/media/uploads/2025/02/26/HDUP05PjH2KoDnkzpJcqtpUFLaIxut8h.jpeg) *Martin Scorsese - Kayıp Rıhtım* ### **Awards** The renowned Italian-American film director, screenwriter and producer Martin Scorsese has won dozens of major awards throughout his cinematic career. He won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976 for Taxi Driver and received numerous Best Director awards from various institutions for films such as Goodfellas, After Hours, Raging Bull, The Age of Innocence and The Departed. After multiple nominations, he finally won the Academy Award for Best Director in 2006 for The Departed. Scorsese has been nominated for Best Director at many prestigious international film festivals and award ceremonies and has won the Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe. He has also been honored multiple times with lifetime achievement awards. ### **Family and Personal Life** Martin Scorsese is the younger of two brothers, born to Charles, who worked in the clothing industry, and Catherine. He has given small roles to both his mother and father in some of his films. Scorsese has been married five times and has three daughters from three of those marriages. He married Helen Schermerhorn in 1999, and they had a daughter named Francesca. Martin Scorsese appears in Francesca’s TikTok and Instagram posts, which are made for entertainment purposes, offering his support to his daughter. ## Academic Sources and References 1. “All About Martin Scorsese's Kids.” \*People.\* Accessed February 26, 2025. https://people.com/all-about-martin-scorsese-kids-8379495. 2. “Bilinmeyen Yönleriyle Martin Scorsese.” Wannart. Accessed February 26, 2025. https://wannart.com/icerik/4433-bilinmeyen-yonleriyle-martin-scorsese. 3. “Martin Scorsese - Biography.” IMDb. 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