Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese( born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker and actor, whose career spans more than 50 years.
Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinematic history.
Scorsese's body of work explores such themes as Italian- American identity, Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, faith, machismo, modern crime, and gang conflict.
Many of his films are also known for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity.
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, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and Directors Guild of America Awards.
He has directed works such as the crime film" Mean Streets"( 1973), the vigilante- thriller" Taxi Driver"( 1976), the biographical sports drama" Raging Bull"( 1980), the black comedies" The King of Comedy"( 1983) and" After Hours"( 1985), the religious epic" The Last Temptation of Christ"( 1988), the crime film" Goodfellas"( 1990), the psychological thriller" Cape Fear"( 1991), the historical romantic drama" The Age of Innocence"( 1993) and the crime epics" Casino"( 1995) and" The Irishman"( 2019), most of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro.
Scorsese has also been noted for his successful collaborations with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, having directed him in five films, beginning with" Gangs of New York"( 2002) and most recently" The Wolf of Wall Street"( 2013).
Their third film together," The Departed"( 2006), won Scorsese the Academy Award for Best Director in addition to the film winning the award for Best Picture.
Scorsese's other film work includes the biographical drama" The Aviator"( 2004), the psychological thriller" Shutter Island"( 2010), the historical adventure drama" Hugo"( 2011), and the religious epic" Silence"( 2016).
His work in television includes the pilot episodes of the HBO series" Boardwalk Empire" and" Vinyl", the latter of which he also co-created.
With eight Best Director Oscar nominations, he is the most -nominated living director and is tied with Billy Wilder for the second- most nominations overall.
As a fan of rock music, he has directed several documentaries on the subject, including" The Last Waltz"( 1978)," No Direction Home"( 2005)," Shine a Light"( 2008),( 2011), and( 2019).
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars is a 1987 documentary by Howard Brookner about Robert Wilson ’s ambitious attempt to stage an epic, twelve- hour, multinational opera for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Howard Brookner
Howard Brookner( April 30, 1954 – April 27, 1989) was an American film director.
He produced and directed the documentary about William S. Burroughs( 1983)," Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars" on theatre director Robert Wilson( 1986), and directed, co-produced and co-wrote" Bloodhounds of Broadway"( 1989).
Ben Cura
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Hanro Smitsman
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Ian Barry (director)
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Peter Levin
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American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince is a 1978 documentary directed by Martin Scorsese.
Its subject is Scorsese's friend Steven Prince, known for his small role as Easy Andy, the gun salesman in" Taxi Driver".
Prince is a raconteur telling stories about his life as an ex-drug addict and a road manager for Neil Diamond.
Scorsese intersperses home movies of Prince as a child as he talks about his family.
When talking of his years as a heroin addict, Prince tells a story about injecting adrenaline into the heart of a woman who overdosed, with the help of a medical dictionary and a Magic Marker.
This story was re-enacted by Quentin Tarantino in his screenplay for" Pulp Fiction".
Prince also tells a story about his days working at a gas station, and having to shoot a man he caught stealing tires, after the man pulled out a knife and tried to attack him.
This story was retold in the Richard Linklater film" Waking Life".
The Neil Young song" Time Fades Away" is featured during the film's closing credits.
A sequel," American Prince", was released in 2009 and was directed by Tommy Pallotta.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Jason Moore (director)
Jason Moore( born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatre and television.

Question: Do director of film Robert Wilson And The Civil Wars and director of film American Boy: A Profile Of Steven Prince share the same nationality?
Answer: yes