Martin Scorsese (c) Elisa Leonelli 1999
In my long career as a journalist I interviewed masterful Italian-American director Martin Scorsese multiple times.
In 1986 I interviewed and photographed him and Tom Cruise about The Color of Money.
Martin Scorsese (c) Elisa Leonelli 1986
In 1990 an interview I wrote about Goodfellas was the cover story of Venice, Los Angeles Arts and Entertainment Magazine, where I served as Film Editor from 1990 to 1999.
In 1992 I wrote an article about Cape Fear for the Italian film monthly CIAK as their Los Angeles Correspondent from 1987 to 1994.
In 1993, while studying for a Master Degree in Critical Studies at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, I wrote a paper on The Age of Innocence. You can find it on academia.edu.
In 2014 I selected portraits to add to the HFPA Archives from the negatives of the very first interview Scorsese gave to the Hollywood Foreign Press in 1976 with Robert DeNiro for Taxi Driver.
In 2017 I wrote an interview with Scorsese about Silence for the Italian magazine Best Movie as their Los Angeles Correspondent since 2005.
Martin Scorsese (c) Armando Gallo-HFPA 2019
In 2020 I quoted Scorsese and Robert De Niro about The Irishmen in my article Mafia in the Movies for Cultural Weekly.
In 2022 I wrote a post of archival quotes to celebrate Scorsese’s 80th birthday for the Golden Globes website.
Happy Birthday Marty!