Martin Scorsese is known for directing psychological thrillers such as Shutter Island, Goodfellas, and The Departed. Shutter Island was nominated for 53 awards and earned over $127 million with a $80 million budget. Goodfellas won 1 Oscar and earned over $46 million on a $25 million budget. The Departed won 4 Oscars and earned over $132 million with a $90 million budget. All three films have dark, chilling plots and have been both critically and financially successful.

1. Case Studies of Iconic Director Of My
Chosen Sub-Genre: Martin Scorses
BY SAM WARNER

2. Martin Scorsese
oMartin Scorsese is a well known very respectable psychological director for many films.
oHe has directed many great films such as The Wolf of Wall street, Shutter Island, Goodfellas and
The departed.
oHis films are usually dark and very chilling but some such as Wolf of Wall street have a lot of
comedy and relatable life scenes.

3. Shutter Island
oShutter Island has had 53 nominations and 7 wins.
o It is a very good psychological thriller that shocked many people and why it has made a name
for itself since it came out.
oThe budget for this movie was 80,000,000 and grossed a total of 127,968,405 pounds since it
had been released.

4. Shutter Island
Here is a short summary of Shutter Island:
It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from
Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but
before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical
treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a
promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a
hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals "escape" in the confusion, and the
puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own
sanity.(Source from IMDB)

5. Goodfellas
oGoodfellas has won 1 Oscar, 37 other wins and another 29 nominations.
o It was released on the 26th October 1990, was budgeted 25,000,000 and grossed 46,836,394
million pounds.
oThe production company was Warner Bros which is very good as they produce many movies
and are well known all around the world.

6. Goodfellas
Here is a short summary of Goodfellas:
Henry Hill is a small time gangster, who takes part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other
gangsters who have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly
start to climb up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, is badly affected by his partners' success, but will he
stoop low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy? (source from IMDB)

7. The Departed
Here is a short summary of The Departed:
In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy
Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains
Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the state police as an informer for
the syndicate is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by
their double lives, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations they have penetrated. But
when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police both discover a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in
danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy-and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time
to save themselves. But is either willing to turn on their friends and comrades they've made during their long stints
undercover?

8. The Departed
oThis movie has won 4 Oscars, another 81 wins and to add on to that 109 nominations for
various other awards.
oThis movie was released on the 6tth October 2006 in the UK.
oThe budget for this movie was 90,000,000 and grossed a total of 132,373,442 pounds.