Martin Scorsese (born 1942) is an American filmmaker and central figure of the New Hollywood era, widely regarded as one of cinema’s greatest directors. Raised in a Catholic, Sicilian-American family in New York, he transformed his childhood immersion in movies and themes of guilt, violence, and redemption into a unique style marked by propulsive tracking shots, slow motion, freeze frames, and popular music. From early breakthroughs like Mean Streets and Taxi Driver to Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Departed, and Killers of the Flower Moon, he explored crime, faith, celebrity, and corruption while also becoming a leading advocate for film preservation and global cinema history.