The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Martin Scorsese .
Chronicling his achievements in the film industry, the American filmmaker has received ten nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director, one more than Steven Spielberg, making him the most-nominated living director, second all-time only to William Wyler (12 nominations). He has won the Academy Award once, for The Departed (2006). [1] Ten of Scorsese's films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Hugo (2011), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023); he is third all-time in this category, behind William Wyler and Steven Spielberg (13 apiece).
Scorsese has earned top awards in film (Academy Award), music (Grammy Award), and television (Primetime Emmy Award). He also won the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or for Taxi Driver and a Best Director Award for After Hours as well as the Venice International Film Festival's Silver Lion for Goodfellas . He has received numerous honorary awards including the BFI Fellowship in 1995, a Career Golden Lion in 1995, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the Honorary César in 2000, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2007, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010, the BAFTA Fellowship in 2012, as well as the Honorary Golden Bear and the Producers Guild of America's David O. Selznick Achievement Award both in 2024.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1980 | Best Director | Raging Bull | Nominated | [2] |
1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Nominated | [3] | |
1990 | Goodfellas | Nominated | [4] | |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |||
1993 | The Age of Innocence | Nominated | [5] | |
2002 | Best Director | Gangs of New York | Nominated | [6] |
2004 | The Aviator | Nominated | [7] | |
2006 | The Departed | Won | [8] | |
2011 | Best Picture | Hugo | Nominated | [9] |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
2013 | Best Picture | The Wolf of Wall Street | Nominated | [10] |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
2019 | Best Picture | The Irishman | Nominated | [11] |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
2023 | Best Picture | Killers of the Flower Moon | Pending | [12] |
Best Director | Pending | |||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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British Academy Film Awards | ||||
1975 | Best Film | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Won | [13] |
Best Direction | Nominated | |||
1976 | Taxi Driver | Nominated | [14] | |
1983 | The King of Comedy | Nominated | [15] | |
1990 | Best Film | Goodfellas | Won | [16] |
Best Direction | Won | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Won | |||
2002 | Best Direction | Gangs of New York | Nominated | [17] |
2004 | The Aviator | Nominated | [18] | |
2006 | The Departed | Nominated | [19] | |
2011 | Best Documentary | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Nominated | [20] |
Best Direction | Hugo | Nominated | ||
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Nominated | [21] | |
2019 | Best Film | The Irishman | Nominated | [22] |
Best Direction | Nominated | |||
2023 | Best Film | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated | [23] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
1995 | Outstanding Cultural Program | Eric Clapton: Nothing But the Blues | Nominated | [24] |
2004 | Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert De Niro | Nominated | [25] |
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | The Soul of a Man | Nominated | ||
2006 | American Masters | Nominated | [26] | |
Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming | No Direction Home | Nominated | ||
2011 | A Letter to Elia | Nominated | [27] | |
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | Boardwalk Empire (Episode: "Boardwalk Empire") | Won | ||
Outstanding Drama Series | Boardwalk Empire | Nominated | ||
2012 | Nominated | [28] | ||
Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Won | ||
Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming | Won | |||
2021 | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Pretend It's a City | Nominated | [29] |
News and Documentary Emmy Awards | ||||
2014 | Best Documentary | Life Itself | Nominated | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1980 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Raging Bull | Nominated | [30] |
1990 | Goodfellas | Nominated | [31] | |
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
1993 | Best Director – Motion Picture | The Age of Innocence | Nominated | [32] |
1995 | Casino | Nominated | [33] | |
2002 | Gangs of New York | Won | [34] | |
2004 | The Aviator | Nominated | [35] | |
2006 | The Departed | Won | [36] | |
2011 | Hugo | Won | [37] | |
2019 | The Irishman | Nominated | [38] | |
2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated | [39] | |
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2004 | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Gangs of New York | Nominated | [40] |
2005 | Best Music Film | Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey | Nominated | |
2006 | No Direction Home | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1991 | Golden Bear | Cape Fear | Nominated | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1974 | Palme d'Or | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Nominated | |
1976 | Taxi Driver | Won | ||
1983 | The King of Comedy | Nominated | ||
1986 | After Hours | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Won | |||
2018 | Carosse d'Or | Recipient | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1986 | Best Foreign Film | After Hours | Nominated | |
1990 | Goodfellas | Nominated | ||
1999 | Honorary César | Recipient | ||
2002 | Best Foreign Film | Gangs of New York | Nominated | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2002 | Best Director | Gangs of New York | Nominated | |
2004 | The Aviator | Won | ||
2006 | The Departed | Won | ||
2011 | Hugo | Nominated | ||
2012 | Best Documentary Feature | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Won | |
2013 | Best Director | The Wolf of Wall Street | Nominated | |
2019 | The Irishman | Nominated | ||
2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated | ||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1976 | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Taxi Driver | Nominated | |
1980 | Raging Bull | Nominated | ||
1990 | Goodfellas | Nominated | ||
1993 | The Age of Innocence | Nominated | ||
2002 | Gangs of New York | Nominated | ||
2004 | The Aviator | Nominated | ||
2006 | The Departed | Won | ||
2010 | Outstanding Directing – Drama Series | Boardwalk Empire (episode: "Boardwalk Empire") | Won | |
2011 | Outstanding Directing – Documentaries | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Nominated | |
Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Hugo | Nominated | ||
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Nominated | ||
2019 | The Irishman | Nominated | ||
2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | Best Documentary | Public Speaking | Nominated | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1985 | Best Director | After Hours | Won | |
1990 | Best Feature | The Grifters | Won | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Best Documentary | My Voyage to Italy | Won | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | William K. Everson Film History Award | My Voyage to Italy | Won | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Special Award | My Voyage to Italy | Won | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2011 | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama | Boardwalk Empire | Won | |
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Hugo | Nominated | ||
2019 | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | The Irishman | Nominated | |
2023 | David O. Selznick Achievement Award | Recipient | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | Outstanding Directors of the Year | Killers of the Flower Moon | Won | [41] |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | Best Documentary Film | My Voyage to Italy | Nominated | |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1988 | Bastone Bianco Award | The Last Temptation of Christ | Won | |
1990 | Golden Lion | Goodfellas | Nominated | |
Silver Lion | Won | |||
Audience Award | Won | |||
Bastone Bianco Award | Won | |||
1993 | Elvira Notari Award | The Age of Innocence | Won | |
1995 | Career Golden Lion | Recipient | ||
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1973 | Best Drama Written for the Screen | Mean Streets | Nominated | |
1990 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Goodfellas | Nominated | |
2002 | Evelyn F. Burkey Award | Received | ||
2023 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated | |
Year | Accolade | Ref |
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1993 | Britannia Award for Excellence in Film | [42] |
1995 | BFI Fellowship | [43] |
1995 | Venice International Film Festival Career Golden Lion | [44] |
1997 | AFI Life Achievement Award | [45] |
1998 | Film Society at Lincoln Center Gala Tribute | [46] |
2000 | Honorary César | [47] |
2003 | Directors Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award | [48] |
2003 | Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | [49] |
2007 | Kennedy Center Honors | [50] |
2010 | Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award | [51] |
2012 | BAFTA Fellowship | [52] |
2020 | Visual Effects Society Lifetime Achievement Award | |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Kirk Douglas Award | [53] | |
2021 | International Film Festival of India Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award | [54] |
2024 | Berlin International Film Festival's Honorary Golden Bear | [55] |
2024 | Producers Guild of America's David O. Selznick Achievement Award | [56] |
Under Scorsese's direction, actors have continually received nominations from the major competitive acting awards (the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Golden Globe Award).
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Martin Charles Scorsese is an American filmmaker. He emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. Scorsese has received many accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Directors Guild of America Awards. He has been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1998, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2007, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010, and the BAFTA Fellowship in 2012. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana and Frank Vincent. The film is an adaptation of former middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir Raging Bull: My Story. It follows the career of LaMotta, played by De Niro, his rise and fall in the boxing scene, and his turbulent personal life beset by rage and jealousy.
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American actor and film producer. Known for his work in biographical and period films, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. As of 2019, his films have grossed over $7.2 billion worldwide, and he has been placed eight times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors.
Joseph Frank Pesci is an American actor and musician. He is known for portraying tough, volatile characters in a variety of genres and for his collaborations with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese in the films Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Casino (1995), and The Irishman (2019). He has received several awards including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award with nominations for three Golden Globe Awards.
Sandy Powell is a British costume designer. She worked extensively on screen productions across independent films and blockbusters throughout her career, which spanned over three decades. She has received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Film Awards, and two Costume Designers Guild Awards. Powell was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for her services to the film industry.
Irwin Winkler is an American film producer and director. He is the producer or director of over 58 motion pictures, dating back to 1967's Double Trouble, starring Elvis Presley. The fourth film he produced, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), starring Jane Fonda, was nominated for nine Academy Awards. He won an Oscar for Best Picture for 1976's Rocky. As a producer, he has been nominated for Best Picture for four films: Rocky (1976), Raging Bull (1980), The Right Stuff (1983), and Goodfellas (1990).
The Departed is a 2006 American crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. It is both a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang; the character Colin Sullivan is based on the corrupt FBI agent John Connolly, while the character Frank Costello is based on Irish-American gangster and crime boss Whitey Bulger. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, and Mark Wahlberg, with Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin, Anthony Anderson and James Badge Dale in supporting roles.
Thelma Schoonmaker is an Algerian-born American film editor, best known for her collaboration over five decades with director Martin Scorsese. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Film Awards, and four ACE Eddie Awards. She has been honored with the British Film Institute Fellowship in 1997, the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2014, and the BAFTA Fellowship in 2019.
Robert De Niro is an American actor, director and producer. His early films included Greetings (1968), The Wedding Party (1969), Bloody Mama (1970), Hi, Mom! (1970), Jennifer on My Mind (1971), The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), and Mean Streets (1973). In 1974, De Niro was cast as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II. His performance in the film led him to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. After The Godfather Part II, he starred in Martin Scorsese's psychological drama Taxi Driver (1976). In the film, De Niro portrayed Travis Bickle, who is a lonely, depressed 26-year-old living in isolation in New York City. He won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, and he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. De Niro's "You talkin' to me?" dialogue was ranked number 10 on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes. In 1978, De Niro appeared in Michael Cimino's war drama The Deer Hunter, a film based on a trio of steelworkers whose lives were changed forever after fighting in the Vietnam War. De Niro was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Robert Anthony De Niro is an American actor and film producer. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered one of the greatest and most influential actors. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 2009, he received the Kennedy Center Honors, and earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President Barack Obama in 2016.
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro are an American director-actor collaborative duo who have made ten feature films and one short film together since 1973. Many of them are often ranked among the greatest films of all time.
Martin Scorsese is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and film historian whose career spans more than fifty years. To date, Scorsese has directed twenty-six feature length narrative films, seventeen feature-length documentary films, and has co-directed one anthology film.
Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor who began his career performing as a child on television. He appeared on the shows The New Lassie (1989) and Santa Barbara (1990) and also had long running roles in the comedy-drama Parenthood (1990) and the sitcom Growing Pains (1991). DiCaprio played Tobias "Toby" Wolff opposite Robert De Niro in the biographical coming-of-age drama This Boy's Life in 1993. In the same year, he had a supporting role as a developmentally disabled boy Arnie Grape in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, which earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. In 1995, DiCaprio played the leading roles of an American author Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries and the French poet Arthur Rimbaud in Total Eclipse. The following year he played Romeo Montague in the Baz Luhrmann-directed film Romeo + Juliet (1996). DiCaprio starred with Kate Winslet in the James Cameron-directed film Titanic (1997). The film became the highest grossing at the worldwide box-office, and made him famous globally. For his performance as Jack Dawson, he received the MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance and his first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.
Emma Tillinger Koskoff is an American film producer. She is best known for her collaborations with Martin Scorsese, including acting as a producer on his films The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Silence (2016) and The Irishman (2019).
The Irishman is a 2019 American epic gangster film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Steven Zaillian, based on the 2004 book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt. It stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, with Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jesse Plemons, and Harvey Keitel in supporting roles. The film follows Frank Sheeran, a truck driver who becomes a hitman involved with mobster Russell Bufalino (Pesci) and his crime family before later working for the powerful Teamster Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino). The film marked the ninth collaboration between Scorsese and De Niro, in addition to Scorsese's fourth collaboration with Joe Pesci; his first with Al Pacino; the fourth collaboration between Pacino and De Niro; and the first collaboration between Pacino and Pesci altogether.
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are frequent collaborators in cinema, with DiCaprio appearing in six feature films and one short film made by Scorsese since 2002. The films explore a variety of genres, including historical epic, crime, thriller, biopic, comedy and western. Several have been listed on many critics' year-end top ten and best-of-decade lists.
Killers of the Flower Moon is a 2023 American epic western crime drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Martin Scorsese. Eric Roth and Scorsese based their screenplay on the 2017 non-fiction book by David Grann. Set in 1920s Oklahoma, it focuses on a series of murders of Osage members and relations in the Osage Nation after oil was discovered on tribal land. The tribal members had retained mineral rights on their reservation, but a corrupt local political boss sought to steal the wealth.
The following is a list of unproduced Martin Scorsese projects in roughly chronological order. During his long career, American film director Martin Scorsese has worked on a number of projects which never progressed beyond the pre-production stage under his direction. Some of these productions fell in development hell or were cancelled.