Editing Martin Scorsese (section)

== Personal life ==
=== Marriages ===
Scorsese has been married five times.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

In 1965, Scorsese married Laraine Marie Brennan. They have a daughter, Catherine, who was named after Scorsese's mother.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sports.yahoo.com/martin-scorseses-life-photos-140500788.html | title=Martin Scorsese's Life in Photos | date=November 17, 2022 | access-date=June 18, 2023 | archive-date=June 18, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618185700/https://sports.yahoo.com/martin-scorseses-life-photos-140500788.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The couple remained together until 1971.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

In 1976, Scorsese married writer [[Julia Cameron]]. They have a daughter, [[Domenica Cameron-Scorsese]],<ref>{{cite web|title=He lowkey slayed. #fyp #martinscorsese #dadsoftiktok #dadguesses|url=https://www.tiktok.com/@francescascorsese/video/7286611789863980334|publisher=Francesca Scorsese is giving her father, Martin Scorsese, slang words to guess on TikTok. Published October 5, 2023|access-date=October 6, 2023|archive-date=October 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006083907/https://www.tiktok.com/@francescascorsese/video/7286611789863980334|url-status=live}}</ref> an actress who appeared in ''[[The Age of Innocence (1993 film)|The Age of Innocence]].'' After one year of marriage, the couple had an acrimonious divorce which served as the basis of Cameron's first feature, the dark comedy ''God's Will'',<ref>{{cite news |title=God's Will (1989) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/163155/God-s-Will/overview |access-date=April 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423023314/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/163155/God-s-Will/overview |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Clarke Fountain |date=2014 |archive-date=April 23, 2014}}</ref> which also starred their daughter.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/martinscorsese0000keys/page/188 |author=Keyser, Les |title=Twayne's Filmmakers Series: Martin Scorsese |publisher=[[Twayne Publishers]]: New York |year=1998 |page=[https://archive.org/details/martinscorsese0000keys/page/188 188] |isbn=978-0-8057-9321-5 |access-date=February 27, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="success">{{Cite news |last=Piccalo |first=Gina |title=Agonizing success of 'Artist's Way' |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 23, 2006 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jun-23-et-cameron23-story.html |access-date=June 1, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608122116/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jun/23/entertainment/et-cameron23 |archive-date=June 8, 2016}}</ref> The latter had a small role in ''Cape Fear'' using the name Domenica Scorsese and has continued to act, write, direct and produce.<ref>{{cite web |last=Malkin |first=Marc |title=Scorsese's Family Business |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/59163/scorsese-s-family-business |publisher=[[E!]] |access-date=April 18, 2014 |date=April 16, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420231140/http://www.eonline.com/news/59163/scorsese-s-family-business |archive-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref>

In 1979, Scorsese married actress [[Isabella Rossellini]]. The couple divorced in 1983.<ref>{{cite news |last=Halpern |first=Dan |title=Interview: Isabella Rossellini – Daddy's girl |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/may/01/features.features11 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=April 18, 2014 |date=April 30, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234306/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/may/01/features.features11 |archive-date=April 18, 2014}}</ref>

In March 1983, Scorsese met [[Dawn Steel]] (then-junior executive at [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) at an annual [[ShoWest Convention]] (in Las Vegas, NV), after which the pair began a romantic relationship.  Scorsese moved from New York to live in her [[Sunset Boulevard|Sunset Plaza]] residence while his [[The Last Temptation of Christ (film)|''Last Temptation of Christ'']] was initially in development at Paramount (Steel reportedly recused herself from her boyfriend's passion project). In her 1993 memoir, Steel discussed their relationship, including attending the [[Cannes Film Festival]] premiere of [[The King of Comedy (film)|''The King of Comedy'']] and later location scouting in [[Tunisia]] together. The two would reconnect professionally in 1987, jump-starting the restoration of [[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|''Lawrence of Arabia'']] (shortly after Steel's installation as president at [[Columbia Pictures]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Steel |first=Dawn |title=They Can Kill You... But They Can't Eat You: Lessons from the Front |date=October 1, 1993 |publisher=Pocket Books |isbn=9780671738327 |location=New York, NY |publication-date=October 1, 1993 |pages=167–179}}</ref>

In 1985, Scorsese married producer [[Barbara De Fina]]. The couple divorced in 1991.

From 1989 to 1997, Scorsese was romantically involved with actress [[Illeana Douglas]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jewel|first=Dan|date=March 1, 1999|title=Note Worthy|url=https://people.com/archive/note-worthy-vol-51-no-8/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025225552/https://people.com/archive/note-worthy-vol-51-no-8/|archive-date=October 25, 2018|access-date=October 25, 2018|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref>

In 1999, Scorsese married Helen Schermerhorn Morris. They have a daughter, actress and filmmaker [[Francesca Scorsese|Francesca]], who appeared in his films ''[[The Departed]]'', ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]'', and ''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'', and had a leading role in [[HBO]]/[[Sky Group|Sky]]'s miniseries ''[[We Are Who We Are]]'' in 2020.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Miller|first=Julie|title=Read Martin Scorsese's Open Letter to His 14-Year-Old Daughter|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/01/martin-scorsese-open-letter-daughter|access-date=April 28, 2021|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=January 8, 2014|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015345/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/01/martin-scorsese-open-letter-daughter|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Gonzales|first=Erica|date=October 30, 2020|title=Francesca Scorsese Is Ready to Make a Name for Herself|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a34534570/francesca-scorsese-interview/|access-date=April 28, 2021|magazine=Harper's BAZAAR|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428054538/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a34534570/francesca-scorsese-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Politics ===
Scorsese was an opponent of the [[Iraq War]], wearing a [[Peace dove|white dove]] pin to the [[75th Academy Awards]] in 2003 and clapping for [[Michael Moore]]'s acceptance speech wherein he criticized President [[George W. Bush]] and the invasion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stars Speak Against War At Oscars |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stars-speak-against-war-at-oscars/ |work=[[CBS]] |access-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731122024/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stars-speak-against-war-at-oscars/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Stars split over Moore's speech |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-03-26-0303270371-story.html |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731122024/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-03-26-0303270371-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Legal issues ===
In March 2024, Scorsese settled a lawsuit with aspiring screenwriter Simon Afram.<ref name=lawsuitoperationfortitude>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/martin-scorsese-lawsuit-settlement-1235858502/|title=Martin Scorsese Settles Lawsuit Over Claims He Reneged on Deal to Produce World War II Movie|first=Winston|last=Cho|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=March 22, 2024|accessdate=August 1, 2024}}</ref><ref name=aframsettlement>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/martin-scorsese-lawsuit-settles-operation-fortitude-1235949718/|title=Martin Scorsese Settles Lawsuit With Screenwriter Who Accused Him of Taking $500,000 to Do Nothing|first=Gene|last=Maddaus|work=Variety|date=March 22, 2024|accessdate=August 1, 2024}}</ref> Afram accused him of pocketing $500,000 to help handle casting, production and postproduction of his screenplay about World War II's [[Operation Fortitude]], which was titled ''Operation Fortitude'', only for Scorsese to then do nothing.<ref name=lawsuitoperationfortitude /><ref name=aframsettlement />

=== Religious beliefs ===
Scorsese previously identified as a [[lapsed Catholic]], declaring "I'm a lapsed Catholic. But I am [[Roman Catholic]]; there's no way out of it."<ref>After Image: The Incredible Catholic Imagination of Six Catholic American Filmmakers, Robert A. Blake, Loyola Press, 2000, p. 25</ref> In 2016, Scorsese identified himself as a Catholic again, saying, "my way has been, and is, Catholicism. After many years of thinking about other things, dabbling here and there, I am most comfortable as a Catholic. I believe in the tenets of Catholicism."<ref name="Wooden 2016"/>