Martin Scorsese

The mustachioed and small-statured Italian-American director. What to say? The master of the gangster movie: "Goodfellas," "Casino," and "Mean Streets" three shining gems. "Raging Bull" is one of the peaks of 80s cinema, "Taxi Driver" is among my all-time favorite films, a masterpiece. And "The Age of Innocence" remains a magnificent nineteenth-century fresco. Together with Robert De Niro, he formed one of the greatest collaborations in the history of film.