Martin Scorsese Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Wife, Affairs, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Martin Charles Scorsese
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Tuesday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Monday
BIRTHPLACE
Queens, New York, United States
AGE
82 Years 5 Months 6 Days
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
SCORPIO
ALSO NOTED FOR
Producer, Screenwriter, Film Historian
FEATURES
Dark brown eyes and grey hair
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
5'4''(feet & inches)
1.6256 meters
162.56 cm
WEIGHT
68 kg
149.6 lbs
Martin Scorsese Family Members
Martin Scorsese Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Laraine Marie Brennan (1965-1971)
Child(ren) of Martin Scorsese and Laraine Marie Brennan
Cathy (7 December, 1965) (Daughter)
SPOUSE
Julia Cameron (1975-1977)
Child(ren) of Martin Scorsese and Julia Cameron
Domenica (6 September, 1976) (Daughter)
SPOUSE
Isabella Rossellini (1979-1982)
SPOUSE
Barbara De Fina (1985-1991)
SPOUSE
Helen Morris (1999-)
Child(ren) of Martin Scorsese and Helen Morris
Francesca (16 November, 1999) (Daughter)
Fame & Address
SIGNATURE
DEBUT
Who's That Knocking at My Door (Film 1967)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Taxi Driver (Film 1976), Goodfellas (1990)
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Education, Net Worth & More
SCHOOLING FROM
Tisch School of the Arts
NET WORTH
$70 Million
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Career of Martin Scorsese
He started making short films like What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? while still in NYU. The black and white "I Call First" later renamed as "Who's That Knocking at My Door" was his first full-length feature film. He made a low-budget film "Boxcar Bertha" in 1972. He directed actress Ellen Burstyn for the film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" in the year 1974. He also directed the music video of Michael Jackson's "Bad".
Some Lesser Known Facts About Martin Scorsese
- Does Martin Scorsese takes alcohol? No. He struggled with cocaine and alcohol addiction in the late 70s. Robert De Niro helped him to get Sober.
- Is Martin Scorsese in the habit of Smoking? No.
- Scorsese is one among 50 people that were abstained from entering Tibet. He directed the film "Kundun" which was the reason for the conflict between Disney and Chinese officials.
- He directed the music video of the album "Michael Jackson: Bad" by the king of pop Michael Jackson. Originally, it was a full-length video of 16 minutes in black and white and color segment. Later on, it was reduced to just the color segment for television.
- Scorsese is a dog lover and was attached to his pet white Bichon Frise Zoe (now dead) who used to sit in his lap while he was directing a film. Also, has another pet dog whom he calls as Silas.
- The actor is a patient of asthma since he was a child. As he could not participate in games his parents opted to take him movie theaters which ignited his interest in cinema.
- After graduating from New York University worked as a news editor at TV network CBS.
- Scorsese is very particular about the style of the actors while directing and himself tied star Ray Liotta's tie while working on the film "Goodfellas" so that there is no compromise in the film.
- He does not like any disturbance that's why she closed the set for all outsiders while filming "Robert De Niro".
- He is very superstitious suffered from anxiety with number eleven in the 1970s and also avoid traveling on November 11 and was not ready to stay on the 11th floor of hotels.
- He himself had to play the part of a distraught passenger who agonized over killing his cheating wife in the film "Taxi Driver" as the actor who was slated to perform the role went on sick leave.
- Scorsese had made a cameo in the film "Casino" as a gambler at one of the tables.
- He refused to direct the Steven Spielberg's film "Schindler's List" as he thought a Jewish filmmaker will do justice with the story.
- He wanted to become a priest and also attended preparatory seminary but failed after the first year.
- He worked at New York University where he taught both Oliver Stone and Spike Lee.
- He suffered from depression after the failure of his film "New York, New York".
- Very few of us know that the famous filmmaker is Aerophobic.
- He served as the President of the 'Cinéfondation and Short Films' jury in the year 2002 at the 55th Cannes International Film.
- He received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 28, 2003.
- Not only he is a director but is also a published author and has written three books on the cinema. The names of the books are A Director's Diary: the Making of Kundun, The Magic Box: 201 Movie Favourites, and A Personal Journey with Martin Scorcese Through American Movies.
- Even though he mostly directed extremely dark and often very violent movies, but in real life, he is extremely polite, friendly, well-mannered with cast and crew. He rarely uses R rated language in real life.
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