Mr. Scorsese is a five-part documentary series directed by Rebecca Miller about American filmmaker Martin Scorsese. It features interviews with Robert De Niro, Mick Jagger, Steven Spielberg, and other friends, family and creative collaborators.
The series had its world premiere at the 2025 New York Film Festival, followed by its global digital release on Apple TV on October 17, 2025. It received critical acclaim.
Production Mr. Scorsese was in production for several years prior to its official announcement on May 21, 2025. The series was originally intended to be a feature-length documentary, but expanded to five parts. Explaining the change, director Rebecca Miller stated that the change came about because Scorsese's "work and life are so vast and so compelling". Miller described the film series as "one of the defining experiences" of her career. The series covers Scorsese's life from his time as a student at New York University to present day. Miller was given "unrestricted access" to Scorsese's personal archives for the project.
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Reception Critical response On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 98% approval rating, based on 63 critic reviews, with an average rating of 8.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "By being just as interested in Martin Scorsese the man as it is in Martin Scorsese the director, Rebecca Miller's rollicking documentary provides as revelatory a portrait of the master filmmaker as admirers could've ever hoped for." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, gave a score of 84 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result 2025 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards Best Biographical Documentary Mr. Scorsese Best Limited Documentary Series 2026 ACE Eddie Awards Best Edited Documentary Series David Bartner Astra TV Awards Best Docuseries or Nonfiction Series Mr. Scorsese Critics' Choice Real TV Awards Best Limited Series Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Series / News Rebecca Miller Dorian TV Awards Best TV Documentary or Documentary Series Mr. Scorsese Gotham TV Awards Breakthrough Nonfiction Series Damon Cardasis, Chris Donnelly, Rebecca Miller, Cindy Tolan, Julie Yorn, and Rick Yorn Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Best Music Supervision for a Docuseries Linda Cohen IndieWire Honors Magnify Award Rebecca Miller Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series Damon Cardasis, Cindy Tolan, Rebecca Miller, Rick Yorn, Christopher Donnelly, Julie Yorn, Robert Fernandez, Patrick Walmsley, and Ron Burkle Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program Rebecca Miller Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program David Bartner Producers Guild of America Awards Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television Damon Cardasis, Cindy Tolan, Rebecca Miller, Rick Yorn, Christopher Donnelly, Julie Yorn, Ron Burkle, Robert Fernandez, and Patrick Walmsley Satellite Awards Best Miniseries & Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Mr. Scorsese TCA Awards Outstanding Achievement in News and Information
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