Mr Scorsese: Rebecca Miller to direct Apple TV+ docuseries
David Farnor | On 23, May 2025
Apple TV+ is turning the camera back on Martin Scorsese for new docuseries Mr Scorsese, with Rebecca Miller taking the helm.
The iconic director, producer and writer is now stranger to Apple, having worked with them on on Killers of the Flower Moon, but now the Raging Bull and Taxi Diver Driver director will centre-frame for a five-part portrait of the filmmaker.
Rebecca Miller (Maggie’s Plan, She Came to Me, Personal Velocity) will direct the documentary and will exec-produce it alongside Damon Cardasis at Round Films (Maggie’s Plan, Saturday Church), as well as Cindy Tolan (Étoile, Dandelion), Miller’s longtime creative collaborator.
Mr Scorsese is a film portrait of a man through the lens of his work, exploring the many facets of a visionary who redefined filmmaking, including his extraordinary career and unique personal history. With exclusive, unrestricted access to Scorsese’s private archives, the documentary series is anchored by extensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and never-before-seen 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.
Mr Scorsese examines how Martin’s own colorful life experiences 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, including the place of good and evil in the fundamental nature of humankind.
“I am so grateful to have been given the artistic freedom and access to create a cinematic portrait of one of our greatest living artists, Martin Scorsese,” said Miller. “His work and life are so vast and so compelling that the piece evolved from one to five parts over a five-year period; crafting this documentary alongside my longtime collaborators has been one of the defining experiences of my life as a filmmaker.”
Other exec-producers on the project include alongside Rick Yorn, Christopher Donnelly and Julie Yorn, with Ron Burkle serving as a producer. Robert Fernandez and Patrick Walmsley co-executive produce.
The series joins a number of Apple Original documentaries about notable Hollywood figures, including STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie and STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces.