Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese, (1942- ). US film director, the son of Sicilian immigrants, Scorsese grew up in New York. After briefly training for the priesthood, he studied at the New York Film School and began to direct in the late 1960s. He first made his name with Mean Streets (1973), the film that began his long collaboration with Robert de Niro. De Niro later appeared in the highly praised Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), and Casino (1995) amongst other Scorsese films. In 1988 the director provoked controversy with The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), which portrays Jesus as a troubled man suffering from temptation and doubt. Scorsese’s more recent films include the gangster drama GoodFellas (1990) and The Age of Innocence (1993). He has also made occasional appearances as an actor.
