Research on Directors

Martin Scorsese (November 17, 1942 - present)

Top 5 films
Taxi Driver (1976)
Goodfellas (1990)
Raging Bull (1980)
The Departed (2006)
After Hours (1985)

Martin Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian and has won many awards including Oscars, BAFTAs and Golden Globes. Scorsese's American-Italian origin is a major influence on his work as they include themes such as Italian-American identity, Roman-Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo (excessive Masculinity) and violence.

Trademarks

• He begins his films with segments taken from the middle or end of the story. An example is Raging Bull, Goodfellas and Casino.
• Often using long tracking shots
• New York is popular setting for Scorsese in his films which include Gangs of New York, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, New York, New York
• Guilt is a popular theme in much of his work

Influence
Martin Scorsese's films are an inspiration to many as he had outlined culture in his work for example, portraying New York's underground crime and violence from the the seventies to date. His own culture had influenced him to use New York as a setting in many of films as he is an Italian-American who had grew up in Little Italy, Manhattan.
The history of Italian Cinema had influenced him heavily on his style and career.