Happy Birthday To Martin Scorsese

As Biography.com notes, today is the 71st birthday of film director Martin Scorsese.

Born November 17, 1942, in Flushing, New York, Martin Scorsese is known for his gritty, meticulous filmmaking style and is widely considered one of the most important directors of all time.

Martin Scorsese was born November 17, 1942, in Flushing, New York. Raised by Italian-American parents in the Little Italy district of Manhattan, Scorsese later remembered his neighborhood as being "like a village in Sicily." Scorsese's parents, Charles and Catherine, both worked part-time as actors, helping set the stage for their son's love of cinema.

Because Scorsese was afflicted by severe asthma, his childhood activities were limited; rather than play sports, he spent much of his time in front of the television or at the movie theater, where he fell in love especially with stories about the Italian experience and films by director Michael Powell. By the time he was eight years old, Scorsese was already drawing his own storyboards –often complete with the line, "Directed and Produced by Martin Scorsese."

You can read the rest of the piece and watch a video clip about Martin Scorsese via the below link:

http://www.biography.com/people/martin-scorsese-9476727?et_cid=57335117&et_rid=704027439&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.biography.com%2fpeople%2fmartin-scorsese-9476727

You can also read my column about Martin Scorsese's world of crime via the below link:

http://www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2010/11/happy-birthday-to-martin-scorsese.html