Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese (pronounced as Scor-SEH-see) (born November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York, USA) is an American film director.

Oscar-less Director

Scorsese, widely recognized as one of the greatest motion picture directors of all time, and by many as the greatest living American director, has never won an Oscar for his direction despite being nominated five times. Some regard his failure to receive the award as a compliment since it places him in the company of such fellow Oscar-less directors as Alfred Hitchcock (5 nominations), Robert Altman (5), Stanley Kubrick (4), Federico Fellini (4), and Ingmar Bergman (3), all of whom are also considered masters of cinema. Hitchcock and Bergman were both awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, Fellini received an honorary award from The Academy in 1993, and Kubrick won the Oscar for best visual effects in 1969 for ', though none of the four ever garnered the award for best director. Scorsese himself has said that he thinks he will never win an Oscar for best director in his lifetime. In 2005, The Aviator, his biopic about the early life of Howard Hughes, was nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, and was an early favorite to win. He ended up losing to Clint Eastwood and his film Million Dollar Baby.

Related Topics:
Oscar - Alfred Hitchcock - Robert Altman - Stanley Kubrick - Federico Fellini - Ingmar Bergman - Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award - Biopic - Howard Hughes - Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby

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