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Film & Television
Martin Scorsese
b. 1942Queens, NYItalian American descendantLiving
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Why Included
Oscar-winning director whose work defines the canon of American cinema and whose Italian American background permeates many of his most celebrated films.
Notable For
- Academy Award for Best Director, The Departed (2007)
- Films include Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas, Gangs of New York
Honors & Recognition
- Academy Award for Best Director
- AFI Life Achievement Award
- Praemium Imperiale
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Britannicabiography
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Film & Television
- Specialty
- Directing
- Years
- b. 1942
- Birth Place
- Queens, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Publication Status
- Published
- Ancestry Verification
- Confirmed
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