Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood

An intimate portrait of an oft-forgotten character in Hollywood: the screenwriter. Raised in Baghdad, screenwriter Mardik Martin was infused with an early love for movies when he was sent to the U.S. by his family to avoid being drafted into the Iraqi army. Mardik discovered the NYU cinema department, and there he met Martin Scorsese; their friendship would lead to some of the greatest films in American cinema.

• Evan YorkDirector
• Ramy KatribDirector
• Mardik MartinWriter

• Mardik MartinSelf
• Martin ScorseseSelf
• George LucasSelf
• Irwin WinklerSelf
• Peter BiskindSelf
• Ted BraunSelf
• Brando De SicaSelf
• Amy HeckerlingSelf
• Mark Jonathan HarrisSelf
• Charles MandracchiaSelf
• Howard A. RodmanSelf