Salary according to IMDB: Hugo Cabret (2011) $10,000,000 Shutter Island (2010) $3,500,000 Gangs of New York (2002) $6,000,000 (had to pay $3 million back due to budget overruns)

American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian, Martin Scorsese has an estimated net worth of $70 million. His films about mobsters, mean streets and the violence of modern life made him one of America's most respected modern filmmakers. Scorsese studied film at New York University, and got his start directing movies for producer Roger Corman.