He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors and he epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, that includes Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Robert Altman, Woody Allen, William Friedkin, Philip Kaufman and George Lucas, who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary film-making.

His work is admired by many notable directors including Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, François Truffaut, Michael Mann and Jacques Rivette.

Martin Charles Scorsese (; born November 17, 1942 ) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian.

Mean Streets is a 1973 crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Scorsese and Mardik Martin.

Scorsese changed the title from Season of the Witch to Mean Streets, a reference to Raymond Chandler's essay " The Simple Art of Murder ", where he writes, " But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.

Director Martin Scorsese said of him, " He is the marker.

Another example, as Martin Scorsese has noted on television, is in the 1959 Ben-Hur.

Taxi Driver is a 1976 American psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader.

In addition, DiCaprio is said to be involved in the pre-production of Ridley Scott's project Brave New World, Marc Forster's The Chancellor Manuscript and the biopic Sinatra, a film about Frank Sinatra to be directed by Martin Scorsese.

The 2011 Martin Scorsese film Hugo initially focuses on a mysterious notebook taken from the main character and his struggle to retrieve it ; " The notebook, of course, is just another storytelling device ( the McGuffin ) that ultimately proves irrelevant.

With seven nominations in the category of Best Director, Lean is the third most nominated director in Oscar history, tied with Martin Scorsese and Fred Zinnemann and behind Billy Wilder ( 8 nominations ) and William Wyler ( 12 nominations ).

* November 25 – The Band gives its last public performance ; Martin Scorsese is on hand to film it.

Cape Fear is a 1991 thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and a remake of the 1962 film of the same name.

This is also the first film Scorsese shot in the wider 2. 39: 1 aspect ratio, as opposed to the smaller 1. 85: 1 ratio in which he had filmed all his previous works ( excluding New York, New York, which was shot in 1. 66: 1 ).

Roger Ebert gave the film three stars, commenting " Cape Fear is impressive moviemaking, showing Scorsese as a master of a traditional Hollywood genre who is able to mold it to his own themes and obsessions.

There is strong influence of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on the concept of the 2009 fantasy film The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, by Terry Gilliam as well as on the book Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane on which the eponymous movie by Martin Scorsese is based.

The following year, Kander and Ebb worked with Minnelli and Martin Scorsese twice: first, in the film New York, New York, which had them write what is perhaps their best-known song, the title track ; and, again in The Act, a musical about a fictional nightclub act.

His is greatly influenced by the film-making styles of Akira Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, Krzysztof Kieślowski and Ingmar Bergman.

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 American comedy-drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Robert Getchell.

A restored version of Cabiria was screened on 27 May 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival, featuring a filmed introduction by director Martin Scorsese and the film is now also available on DVD.

Scorsese offered the actor four different roles, but he could not decide which one he wanted to portray.

Filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese, have praised the film as one of the greatest modern Westerns.

Filmmakers such as Brian De Palma and Martin Scorsese have named it one of their all time favorite films.

Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese in particular are huge fans of Lean's epic films, and claim him as one of their primary influences.

He voiced Ernie, one of Sykes ' ( Martin Scorsese ) Rasta jellyfish henchmen in the 2004 film Shark Tale.

However, his reputation was restored over the years, and by the time of his death, he and Pressburger were recognised as one of the foremost film partnerships of all time-and cited as a key influence by many noted filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.

" It was cited by acclaimed director Martin Scorsese as one of his favorite films of all time and assessed Gene Tierney as one of the most underrated actresses of the Golden Era.

Burstyn described her collaboration with director Martin Scorsese, making his first Hollywood studio production, as " one of the best experiences I ’ ve ever had.

Douglas is known for her part in Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear ( 1991 ) – one of four Scorsese films in which she has appeared – plus her starring role as singer-songwriter Denise Waverly in Allison Anders ' Grace of My Heart ( 1996 ) and supporting roles in To Die For ( 1995 ) and Ghost World ( 2001 ).

Martin Scorsese has claimed that the film is one of his favorite movies of all time.

Martin Scorsese mentions that he first heard of the film as a film student in the early 1960s, when Peeping Tom opened in only one theatre in Alphabet City, which, Scorsese notes, was a seedy district of New York.

* Scorsese's father, Charles Scorsese, plays one of the men at the bar where Pupkin is watching his own performance on TV.

Director Martin Scorsese later named Bottle Rocket one of his top-ten favorite movies of the 1990s.

While the film did not do well commercially, critically it was acclaimed, with Martin Scorsese naming Bottle Rocket one of his favorite films of the 1990s.

Ebert and film director Martin Scorsese cohosted one noteworthy episode about the best films of the 1990s.

Breaking the Waves was named one of the ten best films of the decade by both Roger Ebert and Martin Scorsese during a show where the famous film personalities listed their top movies of the 1990s.

The film is a favorite of Martin Scorsese, who called it " one of the greatest epic films ever made.

" Scorsese was one of the major forces behind a 1993 restoration and re-release of El Cid.

Director Martin Scorsese also named it one of his top 10 films of the 1990s.

Scorsese himself appears uncredited as one of the gangsters.

The airport has served as the filming location for both the 2001 movie The Fast and the Furious and the 2004 Martin Scorsese film The Aviator using a Lockheed Constellation preserved by the Airline History Museum, and flown in for the shoot, were done at San Bernardino International, with one hangar " dressed " as a Trans World Airlines facility.