American film director, producer, screenwriter, and film historian Martin Scorsese is widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His influence on film has been immense and has inspired countless filmmakers around the world. He is known for revolutionizing the crime genre, his signature use of vivid, fast-paced editing, intense sound design, and deeply drawn characters. His career has spanned over five decades and films that deal with themes of crime, violence, religion, and spirituality. This lecture will examine his career and films including Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), The Age of Innocence (1993), Gangs of New York (2002), The Departed (2006), Hugo (2011), and The Irishman (2019), among many other, including his latest, Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)