Biography
Mardik Martin (September 16, 1934 – September 11, 2019) was an American screenwriter of such classics as Mean Streets, New York, New York, and Raging Bull directed by his lifelong friend Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro. Mardik Martin is among the revered screenwriters on the Writers Guild of America's list of 101 Greatest Screenplays. Martin Mardik was born into a family of Armenian genocide survivors that fled to Iran. They later moved to Iraq. Although his family in Iraq was wealt...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Cut
2014
Screenplay
In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughter...
Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood
2008
as Self
An intimate portrait of an oft-forgotten character in Hollywood: the screenwriter. Raised in Baghdad, screenwriter Mardik Martin was infused with an e...
Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood
2008
Writer
An intimate portrait of an oft-forgotten character in Hollywood: the screenwriter. Raised in Baghdad, screenwriter Mardik Martin was infused with an e...
Raging Bull: Before the Fight
2005
as Self
The first part of a four-part documentary about the production of "Raging Bull."
From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of 'Who's That Knocking at My Door'
2004
A short documentary about the making of Martin Scorsese's debut feature.
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last golden age of American cine...
Martin Scorsese Directs
1990
as Self
Providing behind the scenes footage of the director on set with clips from his own films, Martin Scorsese Directs depicts to riveting effect the way S...
Movies Are My Life
1988
as Self
The very first full-length documentary on Scorsese offers an invaluable look at how he was perceived by his colleagues, and himself, in 1977. Catching...
The King of Comedy
1982
as Second Man at Bar
Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy...
Raging Bull
1980
as Copa Waiter
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Raging Bull
1980
Screenplay
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince
1978
Writer
Martin Scorsese spends an evening with larger-than-life raconteur Steven Prince—a former drug addict, road manager for Neil Diamond, and actor—as he r...
The Last Waltz
1978
Screenplay
Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances...
Valentino
1977
Writer
The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.
New York, New York
1977
as Well Wisher in Moonlit Terrace
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long up...
New York, New York
1977
Screenplay
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long up...
Italianamerican
1974
Writer
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York and family history back in Sicily.
Mean Streets
1973
Screenplay
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Revenge Is My Destiny
1971
Writer
Chris Robinson plays an eyepatched Vietnam vet named Ross Archer, who comes home to find that his wife had left him and become involved with some shad...
Who's That Knocking at My Door
1968
Assistant Director
A Catholic New Yorker falls in love with a girl and wants to marry her, but he struggles to accept her past and what it means for their future.
It's Not Just You, Murray!
1964
Assistant Director, Writer
Now middle-aged, mobster Murray looks back at his humble beginnings as a bootlegger and his rise to becoming wealthy and highly influential. Through i...