Mardik Martin Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Mardik Martin

Mardik Martin

Writing

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 wealthy, he fled the country to avoid the draft and arrived in New York City in a penniless state. In Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Peter Biskind’s 1998 book on the New Hollywood, the author writes that Martin had to wash dishes to pay his way through NYU, where he met fellow student Martin Scorsese in 1961. The two formed a close friendship and worked together on Scorsese's early projects such as It's Not Just You, Murray! and the semi-autobiographical Season of the Witch, which ultimately became Mean Streets. According to Biskind, "The two young men sat in Martin's Plymouth Valiant and wrote. In the winter, in the cold and snow." Martin also shared writing credits on the Scorsese films New York, New York (with Earl Mac Rauch) and Raging Bull (with Paul Schrader). In 2014, Martin co-wrote the screenplay of the German drama The Cut, which won a special mention by the Young Jury Members of the Vittorio Veneto Film Festival for its director Fatih Akin at the 2014 Venice Film Festival. Martin died of unknown causes on September 11, 2019. He was found dead in his house five days short of his 85th birthday.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Raging Bull: Before the Fight movie poster
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Raging Bull: Before the Fight

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Raging Bull: Before the Fight
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood movie poster
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
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From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of 'Who's That Knocking at My Door' movie poster
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From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of 'Who's That Knocking at My Door'

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From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of 'Who's That Knocking at My Door'
Raging Bull movie poster
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Raging Bull

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Raging Bull
Copa Waiter
The King of Comedy movie poster
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The King of Comedy

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The King of Comedy
Second Man at Bar
New York, New York movie poster
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New York, New York

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New York, New York
Well Wisher in Moonlit Terrace
Martin Scorsese Directs movie poster
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Martin Scorsese Directs

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Martin Scorsese Directs
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Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood movie poster
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Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood

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Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood
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Movies Are My Life movie poster
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Movies Are My Life

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Movies Are My Life
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Production

Mean Streets movie poster
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Mean Streets

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Mean Streets
Screenplay
New York, New York movie poster
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New York, New York

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New York, New York
Screenplay
The Last Waltz movie poster
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The Last Waltz

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The Last Waltz
Screenplay
Valentino movie poster
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Valentino

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Valentino
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The Cut movie poster
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The Cut

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The Cut
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Revenge Is My Destiny

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Revenge Is My Destiny
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It's Not Just You, Murray! movie poster
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It's Not Just You, Murray!

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It's Not Just You, Murray!
Assistant Director
Raging Bull movie poster
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Raging Bull

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Raging Bull
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Who's That Knocking at My Door movie poster
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Who's That Knocking at My Door

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Who's That Knocking at My Door
Assistant Director
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince movie poster
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American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince

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American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince
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Gallery

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