Mardik Martin immigrated to the United States from Iraq to attend New York University. He won the Mahler award and graduated with a Master's degree in 1968 and then went on to teach screen writing at NYU from 1968 to 1973. Mardik moved to Hollywood that year after Mean Streets, which he co-wrote with Martin Scorcese, became a huge hit. He worked for Chartoff-Winkler Productions in the years following, writing screenplays like Valentino and collaborating with Scorcese again on Last Waltz befo ...[Read Story]