Martin Scorsese is the director of over twenty five films including Mean Streets, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Taxi Driver, New York, New York, The Last Waltz, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, After Hours, The Color of Money, The Last Temptation of Christ, the Life Lessons segment of New York Stories, GoodFellas, Cape Fear, The Age of Innocence, Casino, Kundun, Bringing Out the Dead and Gangs of New York which was nominated for ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

A graduate of New York University, Scorsese worked as an editor until his first feature, Who's That Knocking At My Door?, caught the attention of Roger Corman who asked him to direct Boxcar Bertha. He returned to New York to film Mean Streets in 1973, and his work attracted the critical acclaim and national attention that launched his career.

Scorsese co-directed and co-wrote (with Michael Henry Wilson) the British Film Institute/Channel 4 documentary A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, which celebrated one hundred years of filmmaking. In addition, he created Italianamerican, a documentary about his parents.

In 1990, Mr. Scorsese and seven other prominent filmmakers created The Film Foundation which serves as an intermediary between the studios and film archives to encourage restoration and preservation of films in their libraries. In 1992, he launched Martin Scorsese Presents, a company dedicated to the restoration and distribution of classic films.

Scorsese has also sought to encourage other filmmakers through his producing efforts on The Grifters, Mad Dog and Glory, Naked in New York, Search and Destroy, Clockers and Grace of My Heart. He co-produced Matthew Harrison's Kicked In the Head and Stephen Frears' The Hi Lo Country, and also served as executive producer on Kenneth Lonergan's You Can Count On Me.

Scorsese's history of Italian cinema seen through his eyes, Il Mio Viaggio In Italia, was released in 2001 and received the William K. Everson History of Film Award from the National Board of Review. He most recently produced a seven film documentary called The Blues which aired on PBS on seven successive days in September, 2003, leading off with Scorsese's film Feel Like Going Home, the first film in the series.

Scorsese has received the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award and was honored with a special gala tribute by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. He served as president of the jury at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, and as president of the jury for short films at Cannes in 2002. He was recently made a Cavaliere di Gran Croce by the President of Italy. He received a Rudolf Valentino Award and a David di Donatello Award for lifetime achievement. In 2003, Scorsese received a Distinguished Visiting Artist distinction from Brown University, the annual Hasty Pudding award from Harvard University and the Director's Guild of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.