MUMBAI: Martin Scorsese will be presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his outstanding contribution to the entertainment field at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on 17 January.

Scorsese received two Golden Globe Awards for Best Director of a Motion Picture‘ for The Departed and Gangs of New York. He has also been the receipient of five additional Golden Globe nominations including four as Best Director (Casino, Age of Innocence, Goodfellas, and Raging Bull) and one for Best Screenplay for Goodfellas (with Nicolas Pileggi).

Recent Cecil B. DeMille winners include Steven Spielberg (2009), Warren Beatty (2007), Anthony Hopkins (2006), Robin Williams (2005) and Michael Douglas (2004).

Scorsese‘s additional awards and honors include the Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival (1995), the AFI Life Achievement Award (1997), the Honoree at the Film Society of Lincoln Center‘s 25th Gala Tribute (1998), and the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award (2003) and The Kennedy Center Honors (2007).

Scorsese‘s most film The Departed was released to critical acclaim in October 2006 and has been honored with the Golden Globe, Director‘s Guild of America, New York Film Critics, National Board of Review and Critic‘s Choice awards for Best Director in addition to four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.

He is currently in post-production of Shutter Island due for release in the spring of 2010 and is the executive producer of the upcoming HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire.