Martin Scorsese filmography explained

Martin Scorsese (born 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and film historian whose career spans more than fifty years. To date, Scorsese has directed twenty-six feature length narrative films, seventeen feature-length documentary films, and has co-directed one anthology film.

His films Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas are often cited among the greatest films ever made.^[1]

Filmography

Narrative feature films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1967	Who's That Knocking at My Door				Debut feature	^[2]
1969	Obsessions				Co-written with Wim Verstappen and Pim de la Parra
1972	Boxcar Bertha					^[3]
1973	Mean Streets				Co-written with Mardik Martin
1974	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore					^[4]
1976	Taxi Driver					^[5]
1977	New York, New York					^[6]
1980	Raging Bull					^[7]
1982						^[8]
1985	After Hours					^[9]
1986						^[10]
1988					Uncredited rewrites	^[11]
1990	Goodfellas				Co-written with Nicholas Pileggi
1991	Cape Fear					^[12]
1993					Co-written with Jay Cocks
1995	Casino				Co-written with Nicholas Pileggi
1997	Kundun					^[13]
1999	Bringing Out the Dead					^[14]
2002	Gangs of New York					^[15]
2004						^[16]
2006						^[17]
2010	Shutter Island					^[18]
2011	Hugo					^[19]
2013
2016	Silence				Co-written with Jay Cocks
2019	The Irishman
2023	Killers of the Flower Moon				Co-written with Eric Roth

Documentary films

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1966	New York City... Melting Point
1970	Street Scenes				Also includes him acting
1974	Italianamerican
1978
1995	A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies				Co-directed with Michael Henry Wilson
1999	My Voyage to Italy
2003	Feel Like Going Home				For the documentary series The Blues
2004	Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty				Co-directed with Kent Jones
2005	No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2008	Shine a Light
2010	A Letter to Elia				Co-directed with Kent Jones
	Public Speaking
2011
2014	The 50 Year Argument				Co-directed with David Tedeschi
2019						^[20]
2022	Personality Crisis: One Night Only				Co-directed with David Tedeschi	^[21]

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1959	Vesuvius VI
1963	What's a Nice Girl like You Doing in a Place like This?				Honored at the 1965 National Student Film Festival	^[22]
1964	It's Not Just You, Murray!				Honored at the 1965 National Student Film Festival	^[23]
1967					L'Âge d'or – Knokke-le-Zoute Film Festival
1989	Life Lessons				Segment from the anthology film New York Stories
1990	Made in Milan				Documentary
2001	The Neighborhood				For The Concert for New York City

Television

Year	Title	Director	Executive Producer	Writer	Notes
1986	Amazing Stories				Episode: "Mirror, Mirror"
2010–2014	Boardwalk Empire				Director (pilot "Boardwalk Empire") Executive producer (56 episodes)
2016	Vinyl				Director and story writer ("Pilot") Executive producer (10 episodes)
2021	Pretend It's a City				7 episode documentary series
2022	Theodore Roosevelt				2 episode documentary miniseries
	The Last Movie Stars				6 episode documentary series
2024					8 episode documentary series
TBA	An Afternoon with SCTV				Television special

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
1987	"Bad"	Michael Jackson	^[24]
	"Somewhere Down the Crazy River"	Robbie Robertson

Commercials

Year	Title^[25]	Director	Himself	Brand	Notes
1968				Icelandic Airlines
				Revlon
1986				Giorgio Armani / Emporio Armani
1998				U.S. Satellite Broadcasting
2002	"Scorsese"			Johnnie Walker
2003	"One Hour Photo"			American Express
2004	"My Life. My Card."			American Express / Tribeca Film Festival
2007	"The Members Project"			American Express Member's Project
	The Key to Reserva			Freixenet Cava	Long-form commercial
2008	"Be Sensible"			AT&T	Public service announcement
2010	"Bleu de Chanel"			Bleu de Chanel
2012	"NY Taxi"			Apple iPhone 4S
2013	"Street of Dreams"			The One by Dolce & Gabbana
2015	The Audition			Studio City	Long-form commercial
2018	"The Art of Storytelling"			Rolex
2019	"Show Up"			Coca-Cola	Super Bowl commercial
2023	"Bleu de Chanel"			Bleu de Chanel
2024	"Marty & Francesca Make a Website"			Squarespace	Super Bowl commercial
	"Hello Down There"

Acting performances and documentary appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1967	Who's That Knocking at My Door	Thug #2	Uncredited cameo
1970	Street Scenes	Himself / Interviewer
1972	Boxcar Bertha	Brothel Customer	Uncredited cameo
1973	Martin Scorsese: Back on the Block	Himself
	Mean Streets	Jimmy Shorts Charlie Cappa's Narration	Uncredited cameo
1974	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Man in Cafeteria
	Italianamerican	Himself	Uncredited
1976	Cannonball	Mafioso #1
	Taxi Driver	Passenger Watching Silhouette
1978		Himself / Interviewer
1980	Raging Bull	Barbizon Stagehand (voice)
	In the Pope's Eye	TV Director
1983		TV Director / Man In Green Van	Cameo
	Anna Pavlova	Giulio Gatti-Casazza
1985	After Hours	Man with Searchlight	Uncredited cameo
1986	The Color of Money	Opening Narrator Man Playing Pool Man Walking Dog	Uncredited cameo
	Round Midnight	R. W. Goodley
1988	The Last Temptation of Christ	Isaiah	Uncredited
1989	New York Stories	Man Having Picture Taken with Lionel Dobie	Uncredited cameo
1990	Dreams	Vincent van Gogh
	The Grifters	Opening Voice-Over	Uncredited
1991	Guilty by Suspicion	Joe Lesser
1992		Himself
1993	The Age of Innocence	Photographer	Uncredited cameo
1994	Quiz Show	Martin Rittenhome
1995	Search and Destroy	The Accountant
	A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies	Himself	Host
1998	With Friends Like These...
	In Search of Kundun with Martin Scorsese
1999
	Bringing Out the Dead	Dispatcher (voice)
	My Voyage to Italy	Himself	Host
2002	Gangs of New York	Wealthy Homeowner	Uncredited cameo
2002	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Himself	2 episodes	^[26]
2003
2004	The Aviator	Hell's Angel's Projectionist (voice)	Uncredited
	Shark Tale	Sykes	Voice	^[27]
2005	No Direction Home: Bob Dylan	Himself (voice)	Uncredited
2007	The Key to Reserva	Himself
			Host
2008	Shine a Light	Male Gigolo	Uncredited
2009	Entourage	Himself	Episode: "Return to Queens Blvd"
2009	30 Rock		Episode: "Audition Day"
2010	Serta	Sheep #5	Uncredited; German dub
2011	Hugo	Cameraman	Uncredited cameo
2012	Martin Scorsese Eats a Cookie^[28]	Himself	Short film
	Bad 25
2013	The Wolf of Wall Street	John (voice)	Uncredited
2014	Life Itself	Himself
2015	Campus Code	Doctor
2016	Silence	European Visitor^[29]	Uncredited cameo
2019	The Irishman	Court Usher (voice)^[30]	Uncredited
		Himself	Documentary short
2021	Pretend It's a City	Himself / Interviewer	7 episodes
2023	Killers of the Flower Moon	Radio Show Producer
TBA	In the Hand of Dante		Post-production

Other works

Producer credits

As executive producer PoV (1990) Naked in New York (1993) With Closed Eyes (1994) Search and Destroy (1995) Grace of My Heart (1996) Kicked in the Head (1997) You Can Count on Me (2000) Rain (2001) The Soul of a Man (2003) The Road To Memphis (2003) Lightning in a Bottle (2004) Brides (2004) Frankenstein (2004) Something to Believe In (2004) (2007) Lymelife (2008) Surviving Progress (2011) Glickman (2013) The Family (2013) Peter Gabriel: Live in Athens 1987 (2013) Life Itself (2014) The Third Side of the River (2014) Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014) The Wannabe (2015) Bleed for This (2016) Free Fire (2016) Before the Flood (2016) Tomorrow (2016) Abundant Acreage Available (2017) Long Strange Trip (2017) A Ciambra (2017) The Current War (2017) The Snowman (2017) Diane (2018) Happy as Lazzaro (2018) Tomorrow (2018) The Souvenir (2019) Port Authority (2019) (2019) Uncut Gems (2019) Shirley (2020) Pieces of a Woman (2020) The Souvenir Part II (2021) Murina (2021) The Card Counter (2021) The Eternal Daughter (2022) Pet Shop Days (2023) Escape (2024) In the Hand of Dante (TBA)

As producer The Grifters (1990) Mad Dog and Glory (1993) Clockers (1995) Nothing but the Blues (1995) (Uncredited) The Hi-Lo Country (1998) Picasso & Braque Go to the Movies (2008) The Young Victoria (2009) Maestro (2023) Die, My Love (TBA)

Other credits

Year	Title	Credit
1970	Item 72-D: The Adventures of Spa and Fon	Consulting producer
	Street Scenes 1970	Post-production director
1971	We Have Come for Your Daughters	Associate producer

Editing

Year	Title
1966	New York City... Melting Point
1967	The Big Shave
1970	Woodstock
1971	We Have Come for Your Daughters (Uncredited)
1972	Unholy Rollers (Supervising editor)

Commentaries, intros, etc.

Title	Credit	Found on
Scorsese Shorts	2020 conversation w/film critic Farran Smith Nehme	Criterion
Who's That Knocking at My Door	Commentary
Mean Streets	Selected-scene Commentary, conversation	Criterion
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Commentary w/Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson
Taxi Driver	1991 commentary w/Paul Schrader	Criterion laserdisc
New York, New York	Commentary & intro
The Last Waltz	Commentary, interviews (Criterion only)	Criterion, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Raging Bull	1990 commentary w/Thelma Schoonmaker	Criterion laserdisc
The King of Comedy	Conversation w/De Niro & Lewis	30th anniversary ed
After Hours	Commentary, interview, and featured in bonus documentary	Criterion
The Last Temptation of Christ	Commentary	Criterion
Goodfellas	Commentary
The Age of Innocence	2018 interview	Criterion
Casino	Commentary
Gangs of New York	Commentary
The Aviator	Commentary
The Departed	Intros to deleted scenes
	Interview	Criterion
The Irishman	Conversation w/De Niro, Pacino & Pesci	Criterion
Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project	Intros to all 6 films	Criterion
Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 2	Intros to all 6 films	Criterion
Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 3	Intros to all 6 films	Criterion
Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project No. 4	Intros to all 6 films	Criterion
The Thief of Bagdad	Commentary w/Francis Ford Coppola	Criterion
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp	Commentary w/Michael Powell; intro; restoration demo	Criterion
Gilda	2010 appreciation piece w/Baz Luhrmann	Criterion
A Matter of Life and Death	2008 Interview	Criterion
Black Narcissus	Commentary w/Michael Powell	Criterion
The Red Shoes	Restoration demo; interview	Criterion
The Set-Up	Commentary	Warner Archives
The Tales of Hoffmann	Commentary w/film music historian Bruce Eder	Criterion
The River	2004 interview	Criterion
The Golden Coach	Intro	Criterion
Pickup on South Street	Written essay	Criterion
La Strada	Intro	Criterion
On the Waterfront	Conversation w/critic Kent Jones	Criterion
Journey to Italy	2013 interview	Criterion
Johnny Guitar	Intro	Olive Films
Drive a Crooked Road	Intro	Film Noir Classics - TCM vault collection
Richard III	Restoration demo	Criterion
Somebody Up There Likes Me	Commentary along with Robert Wise, Robert Loggia, Paul Newman & Richard Schickel	Warner Home Video
The Tall T	Intro	Criterion - The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher
Decision at Sundown	Intro	Criterion - The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher
The Burglar	Intro	Film Noir Classics - TCM vault collection
Buchanan Rides Alone	Intro	Criterion - The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher
Ride Lonesome	Intro	Criterion - The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher
Comanche Station	Intro	Criterion - The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher
One-Eyed Jacks	Intro	Criterion
Divorce Italian Style	Printed piece	Criterion
Salvatore Giuliano	Written tribute; is also featured in bonus documentary	Criterion
Help!	Booklet written by Richard Lester & MS	Capital Records DVD
Age of Consent	Intro	2009 DVD release of the Director's Cut
Touki Bouki	Intro	Criterion
Manila in the Claws of Light	Intro	Criterion
Trances	Intro	Criterion
Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family	Introduction to the 2019 edition of the book and audiobook	Simon & Schuster
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams	Is featured in bonus documentary	Criterion
Bottle Rocket	Written appreciation	Criterion

Additional credits

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1963	Inesita	Photographer
1970	Woodstock	Assistant director
1972	Elvis on Tour	Montage supervisor
1995	Rough Magic	Presenter
2000	Love's Labour's Lost		U.S. release
2005	Brooklyn Lobster
2006	Alpha Dog	Special Thanks	Credited as Marty Scorsese
2008	Gomorrah	Presenter	U.S. release
2023	Asteroid City	Special Thanks

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Martin Scorsese
• Martin Scorsese's unrealized projects

Notes and References

1. http://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-movies-10th-anniversary-edition/ "AFI's 100 Greatest American Films of All Time" - 4.Raging Bull (1980) 52.Taxi Driver (1976) 92.Goodfellas (1990)".
2. News: Ebert. Roger. March 17, 1969. Who's That Knocking at My Door?. RogerEbert.com. April 28, 2021. December 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201227045145/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/whos-that-knocking-at-my-door-1969. live.
3. Web site: Boxcar Bertha. Turner Classic Movies. January 10, 2021. January 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111000346/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/23690/boxcar-bertha#overview. live.
4. News: Ebert. Roger. December 1, 1974. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. RogerEbert.com. January 10, 2021. November 13, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201113204819/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/alice-doesnt-live-here-anymore-1974. live.
5. News: February 15, 1976. Film View. The New York Times. January 10, 2021. September 1, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190901073800/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/15/archives/film-view-scorseses-disturbing-taxi-driver.html. live.
6. News: Ebert. Roger. January 1, 1977. New York, New York. RogerEbert.com. January 10, 2021. December 25, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191225152215/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/new-york-new-york-1977. live.
7. Web site: Brody. Richard. Revisiting the Violence and Style of Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull". 2020-08-18. The New Yorker. en-us. 2020-08-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20200808100324/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/revisiting-the-violence-and-style-of-martin-scorseses-raging-bull. live.
8. News: Canby. Vincent. February 18, 1983. Scorsese's 'King of Comedy'. The New York Times. January 10, 2021. October 30, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171030094451/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/18/movies/scorsese-s-king-of-comedy.html. live.
9. News: Ebert. Roger. January 14, 2009. The time is three a.m. Do you know where your sanity is?. RogerEbert.com. January 10, 2021. January 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111002344/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/after-hours-1985-1. live.
10. News: Benson. Sheila. October 17, 1986. Movie Review: Newman Chalks One Up In 'The Color of Money'. Los Angeles Times. January 10, 2021. December 6, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201206185822/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-17-ca-5501-story.html. live.
11. News: Maslin. Janet. August 12, 1988. Review/Film; 'Last Temptation,' Scorsese's View Of Jesus' Sacrifice. The New York Times. January 10, 2021. September 26, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200926072741/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/12/movies/review-film-last-temptation-scorsese-s-view-of-jesus-sacrifice.html. live.
12. News: Canby. Vincent. November 13, 1991. Review/Film; De Niro as Revenge Seeker In Scorsese's 'Cape Fear'. The New York Times. January 10, 2021. June 15, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180615055600/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/13/movies/review-film-de-niro-as-revenge-seeker-in-scorsese-s-cape-fear.html. live.
13. News: Holden. Stephen. December 24, 1997. Film Review; The Dalai Lama, Toddler To Grown Man in Exile. The New York Times. January 10, 2021. January 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111002343/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/24/movies/film-review-the-dalai-lama-toddler-to-grown-man-in-exile.html. live.
14. News: Maslin. Janet. October 22, 1999. 'Bringing Out the Dead': A Scorsese Devil Hunt. The New York Times. January 10, 2021. January 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111052233/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/102299dead-film-review.html. live.
15. News: Scott. A.O.. December 20, 2002. Film Review; To Feel A City Seethe. The New York Times. January 10, 2021. January 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111052211/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/20/movies/film-review-to-feel-a-city-seethe.html. live.
16. News: Thomson. Desson. December 24, 2004. 'Aviator' Feels Like Autopilot. The Washington Post. January 10, 2021. January 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111000430/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2004/12/24/aviator-feels-like-autopilot/6f9babac-3906-4378-9052-83b9e17454cd/. live.
17. News: Dargis. Manohla. October 6, 2006. Scorsese's Hall of Mirrors, Littered With Bloody Deceit. The New York Times. January 10, 2021. December 4, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141204053741/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/movies/06depa.html. live.
18. Web site: Shutter Island. Rotten Tomatoes. January 10, 2021. December 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220215359/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1198124-shutter_island. live.
19. News: Dargis. Manohla. November 22, 2011. Inventing a World, Just Like Clockwork. The New York Times. April 28, 2021. April 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425062413/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/movies/martin-scorseses-hugo-with-ben-kingsley-and-sacha-baron-cohen-review.html. live.
20. News: Powers. Ann. June 10, 2019. To Capture Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, Martin Scorsese Had To Get Weird. NPR. January 10, 2021. January 4, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210104181150/https://www.npr.org/2019/06/10/731305441/to-capture-bob-dylans-rolling-thunder-revue-martin-scorsese-had-to-get-weird. live.
21. News: Goodfellow. Melanie. IDFA Teases First 100 Titles, Highlights Include International Premiere Of Martin Scorsese & David Tedeschi's 'Personality Crisis: One Night Only'. Deadline.com. September 27, 2022. October 13, 2022. September 27, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220927111837/https://deadline.com/2022/09/idfa-martin-scorsese-personality-crisis-1235127655/. live.
22. Book: Raymond, Marc. Hollywood's New Yorker: The Making of Martin Scorsese. 2013-04-01. SUNY Press. 9781438445717. en. 2020-12-01. 2021-01-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20210110234058/https://books.google.com/books?id=tBsCE5bKsU8C&q=%22What%27s+a+Nice+Girl%22+%22Martin+Scorsese%22+%22film+festival%22&pg=PA19. live.
23. Book: Raymond, Marc. Hollywood's New Yorker: The Making of Martin Scorsese. 2013-04-01. SUNY Press. 9781438445717. en. 2020-12-01. 2021-01-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20210110234058/https://books.google.com/books?id=tBsCE5bKsU8C&q=%22What%27s+a+Nice+Girl%22+%22Martin+Scorsese%22+%22film+festival%22&pg=PA19. live.
24. News: Leight. Elias. August 10, 2017. Wesley Snipes Confirms Stealing Prince's Role in Michael Jackson's 'Bad' Video. Rolling Stone. January 10, 2021. September 25, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190925072107/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/wesley-snipes-confirms-stealing-princes-role-in-michael-jacksons-bad-video-197710/. live.
25. Web site: Obias. Rudie. 8 Commercials Directed by Martin Scorsese. Mental Floss. March 1, 2018. July 23, 2015. March 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180302103948/http://mentalfloss.com/article/66295/8-commercials-directed-martin-scorsese. live.
26. News: Jagernauth. Kevin. December 18, 2013. Martin Scorsese Says He "Couldn't Connect" With 'The Sopranos,' But 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Was His Path To TV. Indie Wire. June 22, 2021.
27. News: Ebert. Roger. October 1, 2004. The one that got away. RogerEbert.com. June 22, 2021.
28. Web site: Martin Scorsese Eats a Cookie (2012) directed by George Clooney. www.mymoviepicker.com. 2020-06-15. 2020-06-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200615201201/https://www.mymoviepicker.com/film/martin-scorsese-eats-a-cookie-172389.htm. live.
29. Web site: 2017-03-15. Martin Scorsese made a cameo in Silence and no-one caught it. 2020-08-17. The Independent. en. 2020-09-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20200901132820/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/martin-scorsese-film-silence-martin-scorsese-cameo-a7631376.html. live.
30. Web site: Did You Catch Martin Scorsese's Cameo in The Irishman?. 2020-08-17. Momentous Studio. en-US. 2021-01-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20210110234024/https://www.momentous.studio/stories/did-you-catch-martin-scorseses-cameo-in-the-irishman. live.