![]() Raised by Italian American parents in the Little Italy district of Manhattan, Scorsese later remembered his neighborhood as being "like a village in Sicily." Scorsese's parents, Charles and Catherine, both worked part-time as actors, helping set the stage for their son's love of cinema.īecause Scorsese was afflicted by severe asthma, his childhood activities were limited rather than play sports, he spent much of his time in front of the television or at the movie theater, where he fell in love especially with stories about the Italian experience and films by director Michael Powell. Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942, in Flushing, New York. He proved that the film wasn't a fluke with a lengthy string of successes that included Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Departed, Hugo and The Irishman. In 1968, he completed his first feature-length film, Who's That Knocking at My Door?, but it wasn't until he released Taxi Driver nearly 10 years later that he skyrocketed to fame for his raw formula of storytelling. Scorsese's passion for films started at a young age, as he was an 8-year-old, pint-sized filmmaker. Martin Scorsese is known for his gritty, meticulous filmmaking style and is widely considered one of the most important directors of all time.
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