My Director

For my director study, I have chosen Martin Scorsese, an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor and film historian. He is also the founder of the World Cinema Foundation.

Early Life:

Martin Scorsese was born in New York city. His parents often took him to the movies, it was this stage in his life where he found a passion for cinema. Scorsese attended New York University's film school where he made the short films "What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?" (1963) and "It's not just you Murray!" (1964). His most famous short of the period is the darkly comic "The Big Shave" 1967 which featured an unnamed man who shaves himself until profusely bleeding, ultimately slitting his own throat with his razor.This is a picture from the movie "The Big Shave"

From there he became friends with the influential "movie brats" of the 1970s:Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, George Lucas, and Steven Spielberg. It was Brian De Palma who introduced Scorsese to a young actor named Robert De Niro. During this period the director worked as one of the editors on the movie Woodstock and met actor-director John Cassavetes, who would also go on to become a close friend and mentor. This is where Scorsese started to make a name for himself.