Martin Scorsese is an American filmmaker who has received several awards over his six decade long career, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award.
Chronicling his achievements in the film industry, the acclaimed 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 crime thriller The Departed (2006). Ten of Scorsese's films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: the psychological drama Taxi Driver (1976), the sports drama Raging Bull (1980), the mobster film Goodfellas (1990), the drama Gangs of New York (2002), the historical epic The Aviator (2004), the crime thriller The Departed (2006), the children's adventure Hugo (2011), the crime comedy-drama The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), the mobster epic The Irishman (2019), and the western crime epic Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
For his work on television, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the HBO crime drama series Boardwalk Empire (2011) as well as Emmy Awards for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program for HBO documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2012). He was Emmy-nominated for directing the documentaries, No Direction Home (2005) about Bob Dylan and A Letter to Elia (2011) about Elia Kazan as well as the Netflix docu-series Pretend It's a City (2021) starring Fran Lebowitz. He also produced the Blues doc The Soul of a Man (2004), and the Roger Ebert doc Life Itself (2014).
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 David O. Selznick Achievement Award both in 2024.
Major awards
Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1981 Best Director Raging Bull 1989The Last Temptation of Christ 1991 Goodfellas Best Adapted Screenplay1994The Age of Innocence 2003 Best DirectorGangs of New York 2005The Aviator 2007The Departed 2012 Best Picture Hugo Best Director2014 Best Picture The Wolf of Wall Street Best Director2020 Best Picture The Irishman Best Director2024 Best Picture Killers of the Flower Moon Best Director
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards1976 Best FilmAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Best Direction1977 Taxi Driver 1984 The King of Comedy 1991 Best Film Goodfellas Best Direction Best Adapted Screenplay2003 Best Direction Gangs of New York 2005 The Aviator 2007 The Departed 2012 Best Documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World Best Direction Hugo 2014 The Wolf of Wall Street 2020 Best Film The Irishman Best Direction 2024 Best Film Killers of the Flower Moon 2026Outstanding British FilmDie My Love
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.Primetime Emmy Awards 1995Outstanding Cultural ProgramEric Clapton: Nothing But the Blues 2004Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety ProgrammingAFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert De NiroOutstanding Documentary or Nonfiction SeriesThe Soul of a Man2006American MastersOutstanding Directing for Nonfiction ProgrammingNo Direction Home2011A Letter to Elia Outstanding Drama Series Boardwalk Empire (season one) Outstanding Directing for a Drama SeriesBoardwalk Empire (episode: "Boardwalk Empire") 2012 Outstanding Drama Series Boardwalk Empire (season two) Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction SpecialGeorge Harrison: Living in the Material WorldOutstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming2021Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction SeriesPretend It's a City 2025 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series The Studio (episode: "The Promotion") News and Documentary Emmy Awards2014 Best Documentary Life Itself
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.1981Best Director – Motion PictureRaging Bull 1991GoodfellasBest Screenplay – Motion Picture 1994Best Director – Motion PictureThe Age of Innocence 1996Casino 2003Gangs of New York 2005The Aviator 2007The Departed 2012Hugo 2020The Irishman 2024Killers of the Flower Moon Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.2004Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual MediaGangs of New York2005Best Music FilmMartin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey2006No Direction Home
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Ref. Berlin International Film Festival 1991 Golden Bear Cape Fear 2024 Honorary Golden Bear Cannes Film Festival 1974 Palme d'Or Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1976 Taxi Driver 1983 The King of Comedy 1986 After Hours Best Director 2018 Carosse d'Or Capri Hollywood International Film Festival2023Capri Producer AwardMaestro2019Best PictureThe Irishman César Awards 1986 Best Foreign Film After Hours 1990 Goodfellas 1999 Honorary César 2002 Best Foreign Film Gangs of New York Critics' Choice Movie Awards2002 Best Director Gangs of New York 2004 The Aviator 2006 The Departed 2011 Hugo 2012 Best Documentary Feature George Harrison: Living in the Material World 2013 Best Director The Wolf of Wall Street 2019 The Irishman 2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Best Adapted Screenplay Directors Guild of America Awards 1976Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Taxi Driver 1980 Raging Bull 1990 Goodfellas 1993 The Age of Innocence 2002 Gangs of New York 2004 The Aviator 2006 The Departed 2010 Outstanding Directing – Drama Series Boardwalk Empire (episode: "Boardwalk Empire") 2011 Outstanding Directing – Documentaries George Harrison: Living in the Material World Outstanding Directing – Feature FilmHugo 2013 The Wolf of Wall Street 2019 The Irishman 2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Gotham Awards 2010 Best Documentary Public Speaking Independent Spirit Awards 1985 Best Director After Hours 1990 Best Feature The Grifters Melbourne International Film Festival 2000 Best Documentary My Voyage to Italy National Board of Review 2000 William K. Everson Film History Award My Voyage to Italy National Society of Film Critics Awards 2000 Special Award My Voyage to Italy Producers Guild of America Awards 2011 Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama Boardwalk Empire Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Hugo 2019 Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures The Irishman 2024 David O. Selznick Achievement Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2024 Outstanding Directors of the Year Killers of the Flower Moon Satellite Award 2000 Best Documentary Film My Voyage to Italy Venice International Film Festival 1988 Bastone Bianco Award The Last Temptation of Christ 1990 Golden Lion Goodfellas Silver Lion Audience Award Bastone Bianco Award 1993 Elvira Notari Award The Age of Innocence 1995 Career Golden Lion Writers Guild of America Award1973 Best Drama Written for the Screen Mean Streets 1990 Best Adapted Screenplay Goodfellas 2002 Evelyn F. Burkey Award 2024 Best Adapted Screenplay Killers of the Flower Moon Cinema for Peace2025Dove for The Most Valuable Film of The YearKillers of The Flower Moon
Honorary awards
Organizations Year Award Result Britannia Award 1993 Excellence in Film British Film Institute 1995 BFI Fellowship Venice International Film Festival 1995Career Golden Lion American Film Institute 1997 AFI Life Achievement Award Film Society at Lincoln Center 1998 Chaplin Gala Tribute César Awards 2000 Honorary César Directors Guild of America 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award Hollywood Walk of Fame 2003 Motion Picture Star Kennedy Center Honors 2007 Medal and inductee Golden Globe Awards 2010 Cecil B. DeMille Award British Academy Film Awards 2012 BAFTA Fellowship The Imperial Family of JapanThe Japan Art Association 2016 Praemium Imperiale Visual Effects Society 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020 Kirk Douglas Award International Film Festival of India 2021 Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award Berlin International Film Festival 2024 Honorary Golden Bear Producers Guild of America 2024 David O. Selznick Achievement Award
Actors' awarded performances 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). 28 actors have received nominations, including actors such as Robert De Niro, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jodie Foster, Barbara Hershey, Ellen Burstyn, and Miriam Margolyes. 13 actors received awards, including Ellen Burstyn, Diane Ladd, Jodie Foster, Robert De Niro, Paul Newman, Joe Pesci, Winona Ryder, Miriam Margolyes, Sharon Stone, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cate Blanchett, and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Academy Awards Year Performer Film ResultAcademy Award for Best Actor 1976 Robert De Niro Taxi Driver 1980 Raging Bull 1986 Paul Newman The Color of Money 1991 Robert De Niro Cape Fear 2002 Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York 2004 Leonardo DiCaprio The Aviator 2013 The Wolf of Wall Street Academy Award for Best Actress 1974 Ellen Burstyn Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1995 Sharon Stone Casino 2023 Lily Gladstone Killers of the Flower Moon Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 1980 Joe Pesci Raging Bull 1990 Goodfellas 2004 Alan Alda The Aviator 2006 Mark Wahlberg The Departed 2013 Jonah Hill The Wolf of Wall Street 2019 Al Pacino The Irishman 2019 Joe Pesci 2023 Robert De Niro Killers of the Flower Moon Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1974 Diane Ladd Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1976 Jodie Foster Taxi Driver 1980 Cathy Moriarty Raging Bull 1986 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio The Color of Money 1990 Lorraine Bracco Goodfellas 1991 Juliette Lewis Cape Fear 1993 Winona Ryder The Age of Innocence 2004 Cate Blanchett The Aviator
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