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Martin Charles Scorsese ( / s k ɔːr ˈ s ɛ s i / or [skorˈseːze] ; born November 17, 1942) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and film historian, whose career spans more than 45 years. Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Sicilian-American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption , machismo , modern crime, and gang conflict. Many of his films are also notable for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity .
Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinema history. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation , a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation , and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation . He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won an Academy Award , a Palme d'Or , Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award , Silver Lion , Grammy Award , Emmys ,
" Martin Scorsese " is a song by avant-garde band King Missile , about the film director of the same name . It was the third and final single from the band's 1992 album Happy Hour .