Scorsese

American

[skawr-sey-zee, -sez-ee] / skɔrˈseɪ zi, -ˈsɛz i /

noun

Martin, born 1942, U.S. film director.

Scorsese British

/ skɔːˈseɪzɪ /

noun

Martin. born 1942, US film director, whose films include Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), the controversial The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), and The Departed (2006), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director

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Gladiators at work, Martin Scorsese on the set, big news from Philadelphia and more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

It’s one of the many issues he addresses in “Conversations on Faith,” written by Mr. Scorsese and Antonio Spadaro, an Italian Jesuit, theologian and essayist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

It and “The Faithful” join “The Chosen,” the story of Jesus and his disciples now in its fifth season, along with “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints,” a Fox Nation production.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Mr. Scorsese suggests there is something salvific in crafting a thing of beauty—even when its subject is hell and one of its residents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Ferris, who grew up in Queens and Brooklyn "and departed as soon as was possible," studied filmmaking at New York University under Martin Scorsese and was encouraged to pursue comedy writing.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max

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