From the BAFTA Archives, the legendary American director of Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Goodfellas and Hugo talks about his career in film.

Martin Scorsese was born in New York in 1942 to parents of Sicilian stock, whose Roman Catholic heritage and beliefs informed his early life and films. After a high school desire to enrol in the priesthood, he switched to cinema, receiving a MA in film directing at NYU. After honing his distinct style on a number of short films, he gained wide cultural recognition for his gritty New York drama Mean Streets. Perhaps more so than any other director, he has managed to combine mainstream box-office success with critical and academic acclaim.

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