He has directed and gotten brilliant performances out of some of the most respected actors and actresses of the last half century, including Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joe Pesci, Cate Blanchett, Lorraine Bracco, Ellen Burstyn, Willem Dafoe, Matt Damon, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jonah Hill, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Paul Newman, Al Pacino, Margot Robbie, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Sorvino, Sharon Stone, Mark Wahlberg, and Jack Nicholson, to name a few. From a psychological thriller such as Taxi Driver, to crime dramas such as GoodFellas and Casino, to a dark comedy like The Wolf of Wall Street, Scorsese has made renowned films in a variety of genres. Fortunately for cinema and for lovers of film and television all around the world, things turned out differently.įor six decades now, Scorsese has been making films, entertaining and influencing. In his unrivaled career, Scorsese, an Oscar winner who has been nominated for 14 Oscars (nine times for Directing), has made well over 10 masterpieces.
'I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest,' Martin Scorsese once said.
