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American screenwriter (1934–2019)

Mardik Martin (September 16, 1934 – September 11, 2019)^[1][2] was an ArmenianAmericanscreenwriter, known for Mean Streets, New York, New York and Raging Bull – all directed by his lifelong friend Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro.

Mardik Martin is among the revered screenwriters on Writers Guild of America list of 101 Greatest Screenplays.^[3][4]

Early life

Mardik Martin was born into a family of Armenian genocide survivors that fled to Abadan, Iran.

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They later moved to Iraq. Although his family in Iraq was wealthy, he fled the country to avoid the draft and arrived in New York City in a penniless state.

Career

Martin attended NYU, where he met fellow student Martin Scorsese in 1961.^[5] The two formed a close friendship and worked together on Scorsese's early projects such as It's Not Just You, Murray! and the semi-autobiographical Season of the Witch,