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Birth Name: Mardik Martin
Country of origin: 
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Currently Residing In: 
United States
Height: 5' 1"
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Mardik Martin is an American screenwriter of Armenian descent. He was born in Iran and raised in Iraq.
Although his family in Iraq was wealthy, he fled the country to avoid the draft and arrived in New York in a penniless state. In his book on the New Hollywood, Peter Biskind states that Martin had to wash dishes to pay his way through NYU, where he met fellow student Martin Scorsese in 1961. 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 which ultimately became Mean Streets. According to Biskind, "The t
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1. Raging Bull (1980)
| Rating: | 1786 Watched |
2. Mean Streets
| Rating: | 849 Watched |
3. New York, New York (1977)
| Rating: | 290 Watched |
4. The Last Waltz (1978)
| Rating: | 172 Watched |
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1. Raging Bull (1980)
| Rating: | 1786 Watched |
2. The King of Comedy (1982)
| Rating: | 755 Watched |
3. New York, New York (1977)
| Rating: | 290 Watched |
4. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
| Rating: | 46 Watched |
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| Rating: | 15 Watched |