Martin also co-wrote Martin Scorsese's 'New York, New York' and Ken Russell's 'Valentino.'
Martin died on Wednesday in Los Angeles, friend and screenwriter Howard Rodman wrote in aOf Armenian descent, Martin was born in Iran in 1936, but raised in Iraq. He left Iraq for America at age 18 and studied at NYU in the early 1960s where he met fellow student and future collaborator Scorsese. “We spent a lot of time together aside from writing," Martin told the
of his college friendship with Scorsese. "We had like 15 ideas, a lot of ideas. ‘Let’s do this, let’s do that.’"Italianamerican, with Martin co-writing the screenplay based on a story by Scorsese. Released in 1971 to wide critical acclaim,signalled Scorsese's arrival as a filmmaking talent and launched the acting careers of stars Robert DeNiro and Harvey Keitel., the musical drama directed by Scorsese based on a screenplay by Martin and Earl Mac Rauch.
Aside from his work with Scorsese, Martin co-wrote the screenplay to the late Ken Russell's 1977 film, based on the life of silent film star Rudolph Valentino which starred Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. Known widely for the gritty dialogue and realism of his screenplays, Martin struggled to find work in the 1980s as studios shifted to big budget fantasy and sci-fi films. During this career lull, he also struggled with drug addiction. Martin spent much of his later life teaching screenwriting with stints at NYU and USC.was released and featured contributions from Scorsese, George Lucas, Amy Heckerling and Irwin Winker as well as author Peter Biskind.
Martin's final film work was co-writing the screenplay to Turkish-German director Fatih Akin's 2014 filmIn a statement to, the Armenian Film Society said: "Mardik Martin was an incredible voice in film and made significant contributions to cinema as a screenwriter, most notably through his collaboration with Martin Scorsese. Their work together resulted in some of cinema's most essential films.
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