Martin Scorsese - Milestones

• 2004: Directed and produced the Howard Hughes biopic "The Aviator," about the early life of Hughes, who is portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio; received Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Director; also nominated by the Directors Guild of America for Outstanding Directorial Achievement
• 2004: Lent his voice to the animated character Sykes in "Shark Tale"
• 2003: Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (February 28, 2003)
• 2003: Served as executive producer of the PBS series "The Blues", a six-part history of blues music with episodes directed by Spike Lee and Wim Wenders, among others
• 2002: Was executive producer of "Rain", a drama directed by Katherine Lindberg that was screened at the Sundance Film Festival
• 2002: Directed Leonardo DiCaprio in the period drama "Gangs of New York"; received nominations for a BAFTA and an Oscar for his achievement in directing
• 2002: Executive produced "Deuces Wild", starring Matt Dillon and Deborah Harry
• 2001: Made "My Voyage to Italy/Il Mio Viaggio in Italia", a four-hour-plus history of Italian cinema; screened at the New York Film Festival and released for one-week Oscar qualifying run; aired on TCM in 2002
• 2000: Co-produced the film "Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire" (filmed in 1998)
• 2000: Created the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) three-part documentary "A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies"
• 2000: Directed "Il Dolce Cinema", a documentary about the Italian cinema through the 1970s; shown at the Venice Film Festival in September
• 1999: Helmed "Bringing Out the Dead"
• 1998: Served as president of the Cannes Film Festival Jury
• 1997: Directed the biopic of the Dalai Lama, "Kundun"
• 1993: Co-scripted (with Jay Cocks) and directed the elegant adaptation of Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence"; nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award
• 1992: Formed film preservation and distribution company Martin Scorsese Presents
• 1990: Helmed and co-wrote "GoodFellas", based on Nicholas Pillegi's non-fiction "Wiseguy"; film earned six Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay
• 1990: Signed a six-picture film production deal with Universal; first film completed under deal, "Cape Fear" (1991)
• 1988: Directed the controversial "The Last Temptation of Christ"; nominated for a Best Director Academy Award
• 1987: Directed first music video, "BAD", starring Michael Jackson and scripted by Richard Price
• 1986: Helmed "The Color of Money", a sequel to "The Hustler" with Paul Newman reprising his role as 'Fast Eddie' Felsen
• 1985: Directed the comedy "After Hours"
• 1983: Helmed "The King of Comedy", a darkly humorous portrait of an unhinged aspiring comic played by De Niro
• 1980: Directed what many critics have proclaimed the best film of the 1980s, "Raging Bull"; earned first Best Director Oscar nomination
• 1977: Helmed the nostalgic movie musical "New York, New York", which teamed Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli
• 1977: Stage directing debut, "The Act" starring Minnelli
• 1976: Played an important one-scene supporting role in "Taxi Driver", which he also directed
• 1974: Helmed the "woman's" picture, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", starring Ellen Burstyn
• 1973: First cameo appearance, "Mean Streets"; also breakthrough as director
• 1971: First feature as co-producer, Francois Reichenbach's "Medicine Ball Caravan"
• 1970: First documentary as director, "Street Scenes"
• 1969: "Who's That Knocking at My Door?" released with added nude scene; alternately titled "J.R.", "Bring on the Dancing Girls" and "I Call First"
• 1968: Hired as director of "The Honeymoon Killers" but replaced after one week
• From 1967 to 1968: While in Europe, wrote dialogue for the American version of Pim de la Parra's Dutch thriller "Obsessions"; also made six-minute film, "The Big Shave," with the support of the Belgian Cinematheque
• 1966: First feature as director and writer, "Who's That Knocking at My Door?"
• 1963: Made first short film while at NYU, "What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?"
• ---: Set to direct "The Departed," a Mob drama that will star Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio. (lensed 2004)
• Taught film at NYU
• Fired from NYU for missing classes while filming "Mean Streets"
• Commercial feature directing debut (for producer Roger Corman), "Boxcar Bertha"