Martin Scorsese Filmography

Untitled George Harrison Documentary

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese turns his documentary skills on former Beatle George Harrison in this untitled documentary centering on the musician's time with the Fab Four as well as his solo career, spiritual beliefs, and time working in the movie business. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

Actors: Philip Glass

Synopsis: Shine director Scott Hicks documents a year in the life of prolific composer Philip Glass in order to explore the work that goes into creating a symphony and offer a detailed overview of his subject's remarkable career. Glass may be a composer whose name is virtually synonymous with the minimalist Read More

Shine a Light

Crew: Director

Synopsis: After exploring the careers of the Band and Bob Dylan in The Last Waltz and No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, respectively, acclaimed director Martin Scorsese turns his lens on rock & roll legends the Rolling Stones for this feature focusing on two concerts from the band's 2006 A Bigger Bang tour. In Read More

The Long Play

Crew: Director, Producer

Synopsis: Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese re-teams with The Departed scribe William Monahan for this sweeping tale about the lifelong friendship between two music industry insiders. From the early days of R&B to the turbulent world of contemporary hip-hop, these two friends become part of Read More

The Young Victoria

Crew: Producer

Actors: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Thomas Kretschmann, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent

Synopsis: Director Jean-Marc Vallée takes the helm for this look at the turbulent early years of Queen Victoria (Emily Blunt), who was crowned at the age of 18, and whose ill-fated marriage to Prince Albert (Rupert Friend) would later prompt her into a life of mournful seclusion. Graham King and Martin Read More

Chaos

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: Two people recently spurned in their love life come together amidst their urban lifestyles in New York City in this drama from writer/director Daphna Kastner (Spanish Fly). The CP Productions picture is especially notable for reuniting Harvey Keitel and Martin Scorsese, who are handling various Read More

Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood

Synopsis: Plenty of young movie buffs come to Hollywood hoping to break into the movie business, but Mardik Martin traveled a bit farther than most. Born and raised in Iraq, Mardik Martin's father was an Iraqi intelligence officer, but at an early age Mardik became fascinated with the movies and dreamed of Read More

Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten

Actors: Mick Jones, Nicky "Topper" Headon, Terry Chimes, Iain Gillies, Joe Strummer

Synopsis: Filmmaker Julien Temple takes a look beyond the guise of the late, anti-establishment icon Joe Strummer to offer a warm portrait of the self-described "mouthy little git" who was born John Mellor and was destined to become the frontman for one of the most influential punk bands ever. A complex Read More

Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

Crew: Producer

Actors: Roger Corman, Glenn Gabbard, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Val Lewton, Alexander Nemerov

Synopsis: While his name was known to only the most obsessive film fans during the course of his career, Val Lewton produced a handful of low-budget horror movies in the 1940's that had a revolutionary impact on the genre. Working within a special production unit at RKO Pictures, Lewton's films were mood Read More

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Actors: Don Rickles, Clint Eastwood, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Guest

Synopsis: As one of the few heavyweight comedians of Vegas's "Golden Age" to topline standup routines in 21st century Glitter Gulch - a time and place that saw him still reeling in massive audiences well into his 70s and 80s - Don Rickles qualifies as a show business legend. Rickles, of course, pioneered Read More

Brando

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Janet Aemisegger, Ellen Adler, Richard Bailey, Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, James Caan, Jane Fonda

Synopsis: As originally screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, at the Cannes Film Festival, and on Turner Classic Movies, the mammoth, epic-length documentary Brando chronicles in encyclopedic detail (and with a consistently reverent overtone) the life and career of the man widely regarded as the most Read More

The Departed

Crew: Director

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen

Synopsis: Legendary director Martin Scorsese takes the helm for this tale of questionable loyalties and blurring identities set in the South Boston organized crime scene and inspired by the wildly popular 2002 Hong Kong crime film Infernal Affairs. As the police force attempts to reign in the increasingly Read More

Edge of Outside

Synopsis: A documentary produced for the Turner Classic Movies cable station, Edge of Outside surveys the careers of various filmmakers who have attempted to bring their uncompromised visions to the screen. Interspersing clips of classic films, the filmmakers take a look at the careers of such famous Read More

Refuge

Synopsis: Filmmaker John Halpern turns his lens toward central Asia to focus on the spiritual developments that have occurred in the West following the 1959 siege on Tibet with this film, which contrasts the Western gravitation toward Buddhism with the journey of Tibetan Buddhists to seek refuge in the West Read More

Directed by John Ford

Actors: Harry Carey, Jr., Henry Fonda, Clint Eastwood, Walter Hill, Martin Scorsese

Synopsis: Acclaimed director Peter Bogdanovich updates his 1971 documentary Directed by John Ford for this film of the same name, produced for the Turner Classic Movies cable network. Using old interviews with the likes of John Wayne and Henry Fonda along with new ones with modern film giants like Steven Spielberg Read More

Where Love Reigns

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Douglas Henshall, Sarah Gadon, Armin Mueller-Stahl

The Way I Spent the End of the World

Crew: Associate Producer

Actors: Dorothea Petrie, Timotei Duma, Ionut Becheru, Cristian Vararu, Marius Stan

Synopsis: A Romanian schoolgirl finds her life forever changed when she accidentally knocks over a bust of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in director Catalin Mitulescu's tragic-comic coming-of-age tale. The year is 1989, and the suffocating grip of despot Ceausescu is slowly loosening as the result of rising Read More

Brooklyn Lobster

Crew: Presented by

Actors: Danny Aiello, Jane Curtin, Daniel Sauli, Marisa Ryan

Synopsis: A family struggles to keep their business afloat as they're dogged by personal crises in this drama from writer and director Kevin Jordan. Frank Giorgio (Danny Aiello) is the owner of Giorgio's Lobster Farm, a seafood shop in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn. The store has been in the Read More

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Bob Dylan, Paul Nelson

Synopsis: Renowned director Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home: Bob Dylan chronicles the career of the singer and songwriter during the tumultuous years between 1961 and 1966. Dylan allowed Scorsese to have access to hours of footage that had never before been made public, including a number of Read More

The Aviator

Crew: Director

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese directed this fast-moving, epic-scale biopic documenting the life and loves one of the most colorful Americans of the 20th century, Howard Hughes. The Aviator follows Hughes (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) as the twentysomething millionaire, having already made a fortune improving Read More

Lightning in a Bottle

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Ruth Brown, Solomon Burke, Ben Cauley, Natalie Cole

Synopsis: The United States Congress named 2003 the "Year of the Blues" as part of an initiative by several musical education groups to make more Americans aware of the history and heritage of blues music, one of America's most important homegrown art forms. To kick off this celebration of the blues, a Read More

Shark Tale

Actors: Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Martin Scorsese

Synopsis: Oceanic wise guys meet up with a small fish who has a big attitude in this computer-animated comedy. Don Lino (voice of Robert De Niro) is the patriarch of a family of sharks who lord over a bustling aquatic community based along a massive underwater reef. Don Lino has two sons, Frankie (voice of Michael Imperioli Read More

Frankenstein

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Parker Posey, Vincent Perez, Thomas Kretschmann, Adam Goldberg

Synopsis: This made-for-cable Frankenstein was originally intended as the pilot for a weekly series based on Frankenstein: The Prodigal Son, a novel by Dean Koontz and Kevin J. Anderson. The story is set in modern-day New Orleans, the home of demented scientist Dr. Victor Helios (Thomas Kretschmann). Helios Read More

Biography: Liza Minnelli

Actors: Martin Scorsese, Beyoncé Knowles, Robert De Niro, Goldie Hawn, Mia Farrow

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Actors: James Cameron, Joe Dante, Dede Allen, Jerry Bruckheimer, Conrad Buff, Donn Cambern, Richard Chew, Anne V. Coates, Rob Cohen, Chris Columbus, Wes Craven, Jodie Foster, Antony Gibbs, Mark Goldblatt, Paul Hirsch, Alan Heim, Tina Hirsch, Peter Honess, Joe Hutshing, Michael Kahn, Lawrence Kasdan, Chris Lebenzon, Carol Littleton, George Lucas, Richard Marks, Craig McKay, Sally Menke, Anthony Minghella, Walter Murch, Alexander Payne, Sean Penn, Tom Rolf, Howard Smith, Pietro Scalia, Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Zach Staenberg, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Tent, Michael Tronick, Frank J. Urioste, Paul Verhoeven, Jay Cassidy, Kevin Tichenor, Kathy Bates

Synopsis: The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Editing teaches the viewer how editors compile strips of film in order to create memorable moviegoing experiences. In addition to interviews with a variety of respected and award-winning editors, the movie offers clips form some of the most memorable films in the Read More

Brides

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Damian Lewis, Victoria Charalabidou, Andrea Fereol, Evi Saoulidou, Dimitris Katalifos

Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

Synopsis: Legendary film preservationist Kevin Brownlow (infamous for his 1982 restoration of Abel Gance's Napoléon) and Patrick Stanbury co-helm the affectionate cinematic homage Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic. As narrated by Kenneth Branagh, this documentary explores the life, legacy, and cultural Read More

A Decade Under the Influence

Actors: Steven Soderbergh, Paul Thomas Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdanovich, Ellen Burstyn

Synopsis: In the late '60s, American culture experienced a period of change as the youth movement challenged conventional attitudes about politics, sex, drugs, and gender issues, while the advancement of the Vietnam War found many citizens questioning the actions and wisdom of their government for the first Read More

The John Garfield Story

Actors: Julie Garfield

Synopsis: According to this made-for-cable documentary, stage and film star John Garfield set the standard for naturalistic acting that blazed the trail for such future "method" types as Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro. Lovingly narrated by Garfield's actress daughter, Julie Garfield, the film details the Read More

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Actors: Sydney Pollack, Charles Chaplin, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey, Jr., Woody Allen, Milos Forman, Marcel Marceau

Synopsis: American film historian and author Richard Schickel directs the documentary Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin. Schickel offers an exploration into Chaplin's life, from his childhood in London until his death in 1977. The film also contains insight on his multifaceted film career and Read More

The Blues: The Soul of a Man

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Keith B. Brown, Chris Thomas King, J.B. Lenoir, Skip James

Synopsis: Part of The Blues documentary series on PBS, The Soul of a Man is written and directed by Wim Wenders and narrated by Laurence Fishburne. This installment explores the work of the filmmaker's personal musical heroes: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson, and J.B. Lenoir. Through reenactments and Read More

Warming by the Devil's Fire

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee, Carl Lumbly

Synopsis: Part of The Blues documentary film series on PBS, Warming by the Devil's Fire is written and directed by Charles Burnett and narrated by Carl Lumbly. This installment explores the tension between the gospel and the blues through the semi-autobiographic tale of a young boy (played by Nathaniel Lee Read More

The Blues: Godfathers and Sons

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: Part of The Blues documentary film series on PBS, Godfathers and Sons is directed by Marc Levin. This installment explores the Chicago blues, the influence of Chess Records, and the connection between blues and hip-hop. Revolutionary rap group Public Enemy notes the 1968 Muddy Waters album Read More

The Blues: Red, White & Blues

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Tom Jones, Jeff Beck, Van Morrison, John Porter, Humphrey Lyttelton

Synopsis: Part of The Blues documentary film series on PBS, Red, White & Blues is directed by British filmmaker Mike Figgis. This installment explores the impact of black American blues music on mostly white audiences in the U.K., who then reintroduced the style to mainstream America during the British Read More

Feel Like Going Home

Crew: Director, Executive Producer

Actors: Corey Harris, Samantha Carr, Willie King, Dick Waterman, Taj Mahal

Synopsis: Part of The Blues documentary film series on PBS, Feel Like Going Home is directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Peter Guralnick. This installment looks at the roots of the music in the Mississippi Delta and in the traditions of Africa. Modern blues guitarist Corey Harris travels to Senatobia Read More

The Blues: Piano Blues

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Marcia Ball, Pinetop Perkins, Dave Brubeck, Jay McShann, Ray Charles

Synopsis: Part of The Blues documentary film series on PBS, Piano Blues is directed by actor, filmmaker, and pianist Clint Eastwood. This installment explores the director's fascination with piano blues and jazz, starting with Fats Waller and the early stride piano sound. The sound evolved into Read More

The Blues: The Road to Memphis

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: B.B. King, Bobby Rush, Ike Turner, Little Milton, Rosco Gordon

Synopsis: Part of The Blues documentary film series on PBS, The Road to Memphis is directed by Richard Pearce. This installment explores the movement from the Mississippi Delta to Memphis, TN, during the early '50s. This generation of artists went from working in the cotton fields to playing on the radio Read More

Gangs of New York

Crew: Director

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly

Synopsis: The violent rise of gangland power in New York City at a time of massive political corruption and the city's evolution into a cultural melting pot set the stage for this lavish historical epic, which director Martin Scorsese finally brought to the screen almost 30 years after he first began to Read More

My Voyage to Italy

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: The son of Italian-American parents who had a strong pride in their national heritage, filmmaker Martin Scorsese grew up watching Italian films with his family, and while he contends that the American cinema was always the most important to him, he also has many powerful memories of the classic Read More

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Actors: Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson

Synopsis: Stanley Kubrick was one of the most acclaimed and controversial filmmakers of his generation, but he was also an intensely private man who rarely gave interviews and produced most of his films under a shroud of secrecy, which tended to foster a great deal of rumor and speculation about his working Read More

The Concert For New York City

Synopsis: In the wake of the attacks on New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, 2001, many figures in the entertainment community stepped forward to offer their talents to raise money towards relief efforts for the victims and their survivors. On October 20, 2001, some of the biggest names in Read More

You Can Count On Me

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Rory Culkin, Matthew Broderick, Jon Tenney

Synopsis: Kenneth Lonergan, the co-screenwriter for Analyze This (1999), makes his directorial debut with this sensitive portrait of a pair of grown siblings. Sammy and Terry Prescott (Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo) were orphaned as children after their parents were killed in a car accident. Since then, the Read More

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Actors: Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Gene Hackman, Meryl Streep, Forest Whitaker

Synopsis: A documentary about the iconic career of actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood, Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows traces its subject's work from his earliest days in Hollywood to his award-winning (and career-salvaging) films of the 1990s. Directed by Bruce Ricker, who also made the lauded jazz Read More

Bringing Out the Dead

Crew: Director

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore

Synopsis: This tense urban drama stars Nicolas Cage as Frank Pierce, a paramedic on the brink of physical and emotional collapse. Frank has worked for years in one of New York's most brutal neighborhoods, and the pressure of his job has taken its toll; plagued with self-doubt, he is haunted by the spirits Read More

The Muse

Actors: Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone, Andie MacDowell, Jeff Bridges, Mark Feuerstein

Synopsis: Actor/writer/director Albert Brooks turns his satiric gaze on the film industry in this comedy about a screenwriter who has hit a rough patch. Steven Philips (played by Brooks) has enjoyed a celebrated career in Hollywood, but one day he has a meeting with his agent, who informs him his career is Read More

New York, Episode 4: 1898-1918 - The Power and the People

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: It was the fire that sparked reform; after 146 people -- mostly women and girls -- died in the ferocious 1911 blaze that gutted the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, it was discovered that the exits had been locked by the management to prevent theft by the workers. At the time, there were no fire laws Read More

New York, Episode 5: 1919-1931 - Cosmopolis

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: Calling Prohibition a "noble experiment," New York congressman Fiorello La Guardia then declared the law unenforceable. Throughout most of New York City, this was the correct assessment. This is the fifth episode of the epic PBS documentary series about the "Big Apple." Also covered in this Read More

New York, Episode 1: 1609-1825 - The Country and the City

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: The "Big Apple" has a colorful, influential, and, at times, tragic history that spans nearly four hundred years. This is the first episode in the epic PBS documentary series about the most populous city in the United States. Originally christened "New Amsterdam" by its Dutch founders, the city is Read More

New York, Episode 2: 1825-1865 - Order and Disorder

Actors: David Ogden Stiers

Synopsis: New York of the 19th century was already a haven of celebrities; showman P.T. Barnum's museum drew crowds on Broadway, and up the street the great photographer Mathew Brady stayed busy taking "likenesses" of the rich and famous. However, when British author Charles Dickens visited New York in Read More

New York, Episode 3: 1865-1898 - Sunshine and Shadow

Synopsis: With the Civil War settled, New York could focus solely on the business of business and getting rich. Central Park finally became a true park instead of a shantytown, and "Boss Tweed" ran the city like his own private fiefdom, ultimately leading to the rise of righteous reformers such as Theodore Read More

The Race to Save 100 Years

Actors: Martin Scorsese, Kevin Brownlow, Robert L. Rosen, Mary Lea Bandy, James H. Billington

Synopsis: Peter Brooks narrates this documentary on film preservation, covering the replacement of nitrate film by safety film, fading colors, and various problems faced by archivists such as Robert Rosen (UCLA Film & Television Archive) and Mary Lea Bandy (MOMA). Clips show restoration efforts on Meet Me in St. Louis, Read More

With Friends Like These...

Actors: Adam Arkin, Robert Costanzo, Beverly D'Angelo, Elle MacPherson, Amy Madigan

Synopsis: Life among insecure, middle-aged character actors, former New Yorkers in L.A., is the main plot focus of this Philip Frank Messina comedy about four friends who want the same role in the next Martin Scorsese gangster flick. Balding Johnny DiMartino (Robert Costanzo) is so excited by the news of a Read More

Kicked in the Head

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Kevin Corrigan, Linda Fiorentino, Michael Rapaport, James Woods, Burt Young

Synopsis: Director Matthew Harrison and star Kevin Corrigan co-wrote this offbeat comedy about a man trying to map out a future in the midst of a very confusing present. Redmond (Corrigan) is a self-styled poet and philosopher who frequently ponders his personal journey of self-discovery, which doesn't Read More

Kundun

Crew: Director

Actors: Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Gyurme Tethong, Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang, Tencho Gyalpo, Tsewang Migyur Khangsar

Synopsis: This Martin Scorsese film drama detailing the Dalai Lama's life story was in development for seven years, with the Dalai Lama having input into the 14 screenplay drafts by Melissa Mathison (The Black Stallion, E.T.). With four actors portraying the Dalai Lama at different ages, Scorsese's Read More

The Typewriter, the Rifle, and the Movie Camera

Synopsis: The Typewriter, the Rifle, and the Movie Camera recounts the three stages of filmmaker Samuel Fuller's remarkable career -- from his beginnings as Arthur Brisbane's copy boy, to his experience as a rifleman in World War II, to his success as a "B" movie writer/director. Tim Robbins narrates the Read More

Grace of My Heart

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Illeana Douglas, John Turturro, Matt Di