10 Things: Martin Scorsese

Posted by Dave on November 17, 2012
Posted in: Film, History, Movies. Tagged: , . 1 Comment

 

  1. Born: November 17, 1942, in New York City
  2. Early ambition: to become a Catholic priest
  3. Married: five times
  4. Assistant Director and Editor on: WOODSTOCK (1970)
  5. First feature-length film: WHO’S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR? (1967)
  6. Winner of:  the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2001
  7. Academy Awards: 20
  8. Introduced to Robert De Niro by: director Brian DePalma
  9. Fun fact: was offered the part of Charles Manson in the tv movie, HELTER SKELTER
  10. Quote: “I’m a lapsed Catholic. But I am Roman Catholic, there’s no way out of it.”

Scorsese, on VERTIGO:

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