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Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

3 films · 208 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20042024

Born 17 November 1942 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Martin Charles Scorsese is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he has received many accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. He has been honoured 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.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 208 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20042024

  • Academy Award for Best Director2007
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Director2011
  • Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award2010
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Director2006
  • Golden Globe Awards2003
  • BAFTA Fellowship2012
  • BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay1991
  • BAFTA Award for Best Film1991
  • BAFTA Award for Best Direction1991
  • Cannes Best Director Award1986
  • Palme d'Or1976
  • Honorary Golden Bear2024

How their films are shot

Measured across 208 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Martin takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 50% natural — the look of the work Martin takes.

Time of day

Day46%
Night37%
Interior15%

Lighting

Natural50%
Low key28%
High key20%

Shot size

Medium48%
Closeup19%
Wide17%
Establishing9%

Camera angle

Eye level81%
High angle10%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral72%
Tense8%
Mysterious7%
Ominous4%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 208 frames from Martin Scorsese's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.