Martin Charles Scorsese (
skor-SESS-ee,
[1][2] Italian: [skorˈseːze, -se]; born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker. He emerged as one of the major figures of the
New Hollywood era. Scorsese has received
many accolades, including an
Academy Award, four
BAFTA Awards, three
Emmy Awards, a
Grammy Award, three
Golden Globe Awards, and two
Directors Guild of America Awards. He has been honored with the
AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the
Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1998, the
Kennedy Center Honor in 2007, the
Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010, and the
BAFTA Fellowship in 2012. Five of his films have been inducted into the
National Film Registry by the
Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
