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Apple TV+ celebrated the world premiere of the five-part documentary event “Mr. Scorsese” at the 2025 New York Film Festival with director Rebecca Miller and legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese

In attendance at the world premiere were friends and long-time collaborators of Scorsese, including De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Josh Safdie, Jay Cocks, Nick Pileggi, Irwin Winkler, Ari Aster, Mark Harris and Ellen Lewis, along with the Scorsese daughters Cathy, Domenica and Francesca, and Rowan and Cashel Day-Lewis. 

“Mr. Scorsese” examines how his life informed his artistic vision as each film he made stunned the world with originality. Starting with his New York University student films through to the present day, this documentary explores the themes that have fascinated Scorsese and informed his work throughout, including the place of good and evil in the fundamental nature of humankind. With exclusive, unrestricted access to Scorsese’s private archives, the documentary series is anchored by extensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and interviews with friends, family and creative collaborators including Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Jay Cocks and Rodrigo Prieto, along with his children, wife Helen Morris and close childhood friends.

Directed by filmmaker Miller (“She Came to Me,” “Personal Velocity: Three Portraits”), “Mr. Scorsese” originated with executive producers Miller and Cardasis at Round Films (“Maggie’s Plan,” “Saturday Church”), and Tolan (“Étoile,” “Dandelion”), Miller’s longtime creative collaborator. The Emmy Award-nominated trio (“Arthur Miller: Writer”) serve as executive producers of “Mr. Scorsese” alongside Rick Yorn, Christopher Donnelly and Julie Yorn. Ron Burkle produces, with Robert Fernandez and Patrick Walmsley as co-executive producers. The series is presented by Expanded Media and Round Films in association with LBI Entertainment and Moxie Pictures.

“Mr. Scorsese” joins the award-winning slate of Apple Original documentaries, including Emmy and Critics Choice Award-winning “STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie,” recounting Fox’s extraordinary journey in his own words; Emmy Award-nominated “Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me,” a uniquely raw and intimate documentary spanning her six-year journey into a new light; Emmy Award-nominated “STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces,” featuring legendary writer, producer, director, actor and comedian Steve Martin; and, the recently announced untitled Fleetwood Mac documentary, among many others.

Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all your favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have earned 625 wins and 2,817 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning, history-making comedies “The Studio” and “Ted Lasso” and Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”