Martin Scorsese

One-line: Filmmaker Kyle cites as a model auteur — an artist who embodies becoming “the author” of his films.

What we know

• Among the directors Kyle “voraciously consumed” growing up (with the Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, Rian Johnson).
• Invoked in The Hits Business to define the auteur ideal Kyle maps onto company-building: backing the most passionate author of a vision.

Connections

• Auteur Theory — Scorsese is cited as a model auteur, the artist who becomes “the author” of his films.
• The Hits Business — invokes Scorsese to define the auteur ideal Kyle maps onto company-building.
• Quentin Tarantino — among the directors Kyle “voraciously consumed” growing up.
• Christopher Nolan — listed alongside Scorsese among the directors Kyle consumed growing up.

Mentioned in

• The Hits Business / The Hits Business - Research