
Mardik Martin
Known for: Writing
Born: September 16, 1936
Died: September 11, 2019
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 wealt…
Known for

From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of 'Who's That Knocking at My Door'
2004

Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood
2008

Raging Bull: Before the Fight
2005

Movies Are My Life
1988

Martin Scorsese Directs
1990

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003

New York, New York
1977

Raging Bull
1980

The King of Comedy
1982