Martin Scorcese: About Him

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About Him

Martin Scorsese was born 17 November, 1942, in New York City. He grew up an asthmatic youngster in Little Italy, and spent a great deal of time in movie theatres. Believing he was destined for priesthood, he went to study at Cathedral College, but dropped out after a year and entered New York University, where he obtained his masters degree in film. In fact, many of his movies throughout his career reflect his Italian-American Catholic upbringing. Starting in 1963, he made several well-received shorts, including Who's That Knocking at my Door, starring a young Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. Scorsese went on to make Mean Streets with these same two stars in 1973, and then in 1976, Taxi Driver. His further successes proved to Hollywood that Scorsese could handle big-budget productions, and he has become one of America's most critically acclaimed filmmakers.

Filmography for Martin Scorsese

1963	What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (short)	director
1964	It's Not Just You, Murray (short)	director
1967	The Big Shave (short)	director
1968	Who's That Knocking at My Door?/J.R.	director, screenwriter
1969	Bezeten--het gat in de muur	screenwriter
1970	Street Scenes, unreleased	production supervisor, post-production director
1970	Woodstock	assistant director, editor
1971	Medicine Ball Caravan	associate producer, post-production supervisor
1972	Boxcar Bertha	director
1972	Elvis on Tour	editing supervisor--montage
1972	Unholy Rollers	supervising editor
1973	Mean Streets	director, screenwriter
1974	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	director
1974	Italianamerican (short)	performer, director
1976	Cannonball	performer
1976	Taxi Driver	performer, director
1977	American Boy	performer, director
1977	New York, New York	director
1978	The Last Waltz	performer, director
1978	Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel	performer
1980	Raging Bull	performer, director
1983	The King of Comedy	performer, director
1983	Pavlova	performer
1985	After Hours	director
1986	The Color of Money	director
1986	Round Midnight/Autour de Minuit	performer
1987	Not Just Any Flower (short)	assistant
1988	The Last Temptation of Christ	director
1989	New York Stories	director
1990	Akira Kurosawa's Dreams	performer
1990	Goodfellas	director, screenwriter
1990	The Grifters	producer
1991	Cape Fear	director
1991	Guilty by Suspicion	performer
1992	Music For the Movies: Bernard Herrmann	documentary appearance
1993	Mad Dog and Glory	producer
1993	The Age of Innocence	director, writer
1994	Quiz Show	performer
1995	Casino	director
1995	Clockers	producer
1995	Search and Destroy	performer, executive producer
1997	Kundun	director

Scorsese Links
Movie Target - Martin Scorsese
AFI Online's Tribute to Martin Scorsese

Taken from: http://www.msu.edu/user/svoboda1/taxi_driver