Personal Info
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.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood
as Self
Raging Bull: Before the Fight
as Self
From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of 'Who's That Knocking at My Door'
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
Martin Scorsese Directs
as Self
Movies Are My Life
as Self
The King of Comedy
as Second Man at Bar
Raging Bull
as Copa Waiter
New York, New York
as Well Wisher in Moonlit Terrace