Martin Scorsese Will Be Honored With The Lifetime Achievement Award At The 74th Berlin International Film Festival

Last updated: 2023/12/22 at 2:25 AM

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Martin Scorsese will be honored at the Berlinale Palast on February 20, 2024, according to the festival’s announcement on Thursday.

Martin Scorsese, a Hollywood veteran, is poised to receive the Honorary Golden Bear Lifetime Achievement Award at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. The filmmaker, who most recently helmed Killers of the Flower Moon, will be honored at the Berlinale Palast on February 20, 2024, according to the festival’s announcement on Thursday.

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Scorsese has directed nearly 70 films, including classics such as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, The Age of Innocence, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street, and The Irishman.

Killers of the Flower Moon, his most recent picture, is one of the year’s most anticipated releases. It’s a legitimate Oscar contender.

Scorsese, an 81-year-old film buff, has also advocated for film preservation. He works with The Film Foundation to restore and distribute historic films.

Martin Scorsese

Martin Charles Scorsese was born in Queens, New York City, on November 17, 1942, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, both of whom worked in Manhattan’s garment sector and whose families were both from Palermo, Sicily. He grew up in the Little Italy district, which served as the basis for several of his films. Scorsese graduated from New York University’s School of Film with a B.S. in film communications in 1964 and an M.A. in the same subject in 1966. During this time, he directed his debut feature picture, Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967), as well as multiple award-winning short films, including The Big Shave (1967).

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He worked as an assistant director and editor on the documentary Woodstock (1970), and Mean Streets (1973), his first collaboration with actor and frequent collaborator Robert De Niro, garnered critical and popular success. Scorsese’s Taxi Driver (1976), which also starred De Niro, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1976, and he followed it up with New York, New York (1977) and The Last Waltz (1978). In Raging Bull (1980), Scorsese directed De Niro to an Oscar-winning performance as boxer Jake LaMotta, which got eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, and is regarded as one of modern cinema’s classics.

Scorsese went on to helm The Color of Money (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), The Age of Innocence (1993), Casino (1995), and Kundun (1997), among other films. Scorsese finished the four-hour documentary, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995), co-directed by Michael Henry Wilson and commissioned by the British Film Institute to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of film.