Auteur (Martin Scorsese)

Martin Scorsese is a film director who has won many

prestigious awards
Typical traits that appear in his films are:

Based in New York (where he grew up)

Begins his films with segments taken from the middle or end of the
story (Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995)).

[slow-motion] Makes use of slow motion techniques (e.g., Mean

Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980)).

Often uses diagetic music (ie, source of music is visible on-screen)

Often uses long tracking shots (His most famous tracking shot is
from Goodfellas (1990), following Henry Hill and his future wife
Karen through the basement of the Copacabana nightclub and
ending up at a newly-prepared table). A notoriously difficult shot to
perfect, he has been dubbed by some as the "King of
The Tracking Shot".

Often to do with gangsters

Quite violent