Mardik Martin

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Mardik Martin (born September 16, 1934 in Abadan , Iran , † September 11, 2019 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American screenwriter of Armenian descent .

Live and act

Martin, born in Iran, grew up in Iraq , where his father worked as a merchant and oil official during the British colonial era. After moving to the United States, he studied at New York University (Masters 1968). He then taught screenwriting at NYU from 1968 to 1973. Martin became known as a screenwriter for Martin Scorsese , on whose film Hexenkessel (1973) he participated. In 1976 he moved to Hollywood and worked in the following years for Chartoff-Winkler Productions, for which he wrote screenplays a. a. wrote for Ken Russell's Valentino (1976). For The Last Waltz , the concert documentary about The Band , he collaborated again with Scorsese; also for Like a Wild Bull (1980). With Paul Schrader , he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award in the category Best Screenplay for this film in 1981 .

Martin lived in Los Angeles in the following years; However, he had little success selling the film studios projects such as a Las Vegas story about Bette Midler or a drama about the New York paparazzi photographer Weegee . Martin was a senior lecturer at the University of Southern California Film School in his later years . In 2008 the film documentary Mardik: Baghdad to Hollywood was created ; In 2014 he realized the film drama The Cut with Fatih Akin , which deals with the genocide of the Armenians . This was his last published film production.

Martin died at the age of 84.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1964: It's Not Just You, Murray! (Director: Martin Scorsese)
  • 1971: Revenge Is My Destiny (Director: Joseph Adler)
  • 1973: Hexenkessel ( Mean Streets , directed by Martin Scorsese)
  • 1976: Valentino (Director: Ken Russell)
  • 1977: New York, New York (Director: Martin Scorsese)
  • 1978: The Band ( The Last Waltz , directed by Martin Scorsese)
  • 1978: American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (Director: Martin Scorsese)
  • 1980: Like a Wild Bull ( Raging Bull , directed by Martin Scorsese)
  • 2008: Mardik: Baghdad to Hollywood (Documentary, Direction: Ramy Katrib & Evan York )
  • 2014: The Cut (Director: Fatih Akin)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel E. Slotnik: Mardik Martin, Collaborator With Scorsese, Is Dead at 84 . In: New York Times , September 13, 2019
  2. ↑ Tobias Kniebe: The art of survival . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of August 30, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Mardik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian-American screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Abadan , Iran
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 2019
Place of death Los Angeles , California