Martin Scorsese is an American film director and screenwriter who's considered one of the most important filmmakers of all time, known for works like "Raging Bull," "Goodfellas," "Killers of the Flower Moon," and more.
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Scorsese emerged as part of the 1970s "New Hollywood" movement alongside contemporaries like Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg. 1976's "Taxi Driver" earned the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Palme d'Or, establishing him as a major force in film.
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After a flop and struggles with addiction in the late ’70s, Scorsese spent the next several decades consistently making some of Hollywood's most critically acclaimed films. Scorsese's movies have earned over 100 Academy Award nominations, though he has only won the Oscar for best director once, for 2006's "The Departed."
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