Martin Scorsese (born 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and film historian whose career spans more than fifty years. Scorsese has directed twenty-five feature length narrative films and sixteen feature length documentary films to date.
His films Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, and Goodfellas are often cited among the greatest films ever made.
Directed works
Feature films
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Who’s That Knocking at My Door | Yes | Yes | |||
| 1972 | Boxcar Bertha | Yes | ||||
| 1973 | Mean Streets | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Mardik Martin | ||
| 1974 | Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore | Yes | ||||
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Yes | ||||
| 1977 | New York, New York | Yes | ||||
| 1980 | Raging Bull | Yes | Uncredited | |||
| 1982 | The King of Comedy | Yes | ||||
| 1985 | After Hours | Yes | ||||
| 1986 | The Color of Money | Yes | ||||
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Yes | ||||
| 1989 | New York Stories | Yes | Segment: Life Lessons | |||
| 1990 | Goodfellas | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Nicholas Pileggi | ||
| 1991 | Cape Fear | Yes | ||||
| 1993 | The Age of Innocence | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Jay Cocks | ||
| 1995 | Casino | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Nicholas Pileggi | ||
| 1997 | Kundun | Yes | ||||
| 1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | Yes | ||||
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Yes | ||||
| 2004 | The Aviator | Yes | ||||
| 2006 | The Departed | Yes | ||||
| 2010 | Shutter Island | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2011 | Hugo | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2016 | Silence | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Jay Cocks | |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Yes | Yes | |||
| 2022 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Yes | Yes | Pre-production |
Documentary films
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | New York City… Melting Point | Yes | Yes | |||
| 1970 | Street Scenes 1970 | Yes | ||||
| 1974 | Italianamerican | Yes | Janus Films | |||
| 1978 | The Last Waltz | Yes | United Artists | |||
| 1978 | American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince | Yes | New Empire Films | |||
| 1995 | A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies |
Yes | Yes | Yes | British Film Institute/Miramax | |
| 1999 | My Voyage to Italy | Yes | Yes | Miramax Films | ||
| 2001 | The Neighborhood | Yes | Short film for The Concert for New York City | |||
| 2003 | Feel Like Going Home | Yes | For the documentary series The Blues | |||
| 2004 | Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-directed and written with Kent Jones | |
| 2005 | No Direction Home: Bob Dylan | Yes | Yes | Paramount Pictures | ||
| 2008 | Shine a Light | Yes | Paramount Classics | |||
| 2010 | A Letter to Elia | Yes | Yes | Yes | HBO | |
| 2010 | Public Speaking | Yes | Yes | HBO | ||
| 2011 | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Yes | Yes | HBO | ||
| 2014 | The 50 Year Argument | Yes | Yes | HBO | ||
| 2019 | Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese |
Yes | Netflix |
Short films
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Vesuvius VI | |
| 1963 | What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? | Honored at the 1965 National Student Film Festival |
| 1964 | It’s Not Just You, Murray! | |
| 1967 | The Big Shave | L’Âge d’or – Knokke-le-Zoute Film Festival |
| 1990 | Made in Milan | |
| 2007 | The Key to Reserva | |
| 2015 | The Audition |
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Executive Producer |
Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | Yes | No | No | Episode: “Mirror, Mirror” |
| 2010–2014 | Boardwalk Empire | Yes | Yes | No | Director (“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 episodes |
| TBA | An Afternoon with SCTV | Yes | No | No | Television special |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | “Bad” | Michael Jackson | |
| 1987 | “Somewhere Down the Crazy River” | Robbie Robertson |
Commercials
| Year | Title | Director | Himself | Company / Product | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | N/A | Yes | No | Icelandic Airlines | |
| N/A | Yes | No | Revlon | ||
| 1986 | N/A | Yes | No | Giorgio Armani / Emporio Armani | Two commercials |
| 1998 | N/A | 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 | Superbowl commercial |
Acting performances and documentary appearences
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Who’s That Knocking at My Door | Thug #2 | Uncredited cameo |
| 1970 | Street Scenes | 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 Man Outside Senator’s Building |
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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 |
| 2002 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Himself | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | ||
| 2004 | The Aviator | Hell’s Angel’s Projectionist (voice) | Uncredited |
| Shark Tale | Sykes (voice) | ||
| 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” |
| 2009 | 30 Rock | Episode: “Audition Day” | |
| 2011 | Hugo | Cameraman | Uncredited cameo |
| 2012 | Martin Scorsese Eats a Cookie | Himself | Short film |
| Bad 25 | |||
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | John (voice) | Uncredited |
| 2014 | Life Itself | Himself | |
| 2015 | Campus Code | Doctor | |
| 2016 | Silence | European Visitor | Uncredited cameo |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Court Usher (voice) | Uncredited |
| The Irishman: In Conversation | Himself | Documentary short | |
| 2021 | Pretend It’s a City | Himself / Interviewer | 7 episodes |
Other work
Producer credits
As executive producer
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As producer
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Other credits
| Year | Title | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Item 72-D: The Adventures of Spa and Fon | Consulting producer |
| 1971 | We Have Come for Your Daughters | Associate producer |
Editing
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Year | Title | Credit | Found on |
|---|---|---|---|
| various | Scorsese Shorts | 2020 conversation w/film critic Farran Smith Nehme | Criterion |
| 1967 | Who’s That Knocking At My Door | commentary | |
| 1973 | Mean Streets | commentary | |
| 1974 | Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore | commentary w/Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson | |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | 1991 commentary w/Paul Schrader | Criterion laserdisc |
| 1977 | New York, New York | commentary & intro | |
| 1978 | The Last Waltz | commentary | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
| 1980 | Raging Bull | 1990 commentary w/Thelma Schoonmaker | Criterion laserdisc |
| 1982 | The King of Comedy | conversation w/De Niro & Lewis | 30th anniversary ed |
| 1985 | After Hours | commentary | |
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | commentary | Criterion |
| 1990 | Goodfellas | commentary | |
| 1993 | The Age of Innocence | 2018 interview | Criterion |
| 1995 | Casino | commentary | |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | commentary | |
| 2004 | The Aviator | commentary | |
| 2006 | The Departed | Intro’s to deleted scenes | |
| 2019 | Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese | interview | Criterion |
| 2019 | The Irishman | conversaton w/De Niro, Pacino & Pesci | Criterion |
| 2013 | Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project | intro’s to all 6 films | Criterion |
| 2017 | Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2 | intro’s to all 6 films | Criterion |
| 2020 | Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 3 | intro’s to all 6 films | Criterion |
| 1940 | The Thief of Bagdad | commentary w/Francis Ford Coppola | Criterion |
| 1943 | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | commentary w/Michael Powell; intro; restoration demo | Criterion |
| 1946 | Gilda | 2010 appreciation piece w/Baz Luhrmann | Criterion |
| 1946 | A Matter of Life and Death | 2008 Interview | Criterion |
| 1947 | Black Narcissus | commentary w/Michael Powell | Criterion |
| 1948 | The Red Shoes | restoration demo; interview | Criterion |
| 1949 | The Set-Up | commentary | Warner Archives |
| 1951 | The Tales of Hoffmann | commentary w/film music historian Bruce Eder | Criterion |
| 1951 | The River | 2004 Interview | Criterion |
| 1953 | The Golden Coach | Intro | Criterion |
| 1953 | Pickup on South Street | written essay | Criterion |
| 1954 | La strada | Intro | Criterion |
| 1954 | On the Waterfront | Conversation w/critic Kent Jones | Criterion |
| 1954 | Journey to Italy | 2013 interview | Criterion |
| 1954 | Johnny Guitar | Intro | Olive Films |
| 1954 | Drive a Crooked Road | Intro | Film Noir Classics – TCM vault collection |
| 1955 | Richard III | restoration demo | Criterion |
| 1957 | The Tall T | Intro | The Films of Budd Boetticher |
| 1957 | The Burglar | Intro | Film Noir Classics – TCM vault collection |
| 1961 | One-Eyed Jacks | Intro | Criterion |
| 1961 | Divorce Italian Style | printed piece | Criterion |
| 1962 | Salvatore Giuliano | written tribute; is also featured in bonus documentary | Criterion |
| 1965 | Help! | Booklet written by Richard Lester & MS | Capital Records DVD |
| 1969 | Age of Consent | Intro | 2009 DVD release of the Director’s Cut |
| 1973 | Touki Bouki | Intro | Criterion |
| 1975 | Manila in the Claws of Light | Intro | Criterion |
| 1981 | Trances | intro | Criterion |
| 1990 | Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams | is featured in bonus documentary | Criterion |
| 1996 | Bottle Rocket | written appreciation | Criterion |
Additional credits
| Year | Title | Credit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Inesita | Photographer | |
| 1969 | Bezeten, Het Gat in de Muur | Writer Only | |
| 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 | ||
| 2008 | Gomorrah | U.S. release |