He served as assistant director and an editor of the documentary Woodstock (1970) and won critical and popular acclaim for Mean Streets (1973), which first paired him with actor and frequent collaborator Robert De Niro. During this time, he made numerous prize-winning short films including The Big Shave (1967), and directed his first feature film, Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967). in the same field in 1966 at New York University's School of Film. degree in film communications in 1964, followed by an M.A. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later provided the inspiration for several of his films. Martin Charles Scorsese was born on Novemin Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily.
