Director Martin Scorcese's exhibit of his life and work has opened at Deutsche Kinemathek Film and Television Museum in Berlin.

CNN reported that the exhibit is separated into different themes including, "Family, Brothers, Men and Women, Lonely Heroes, New York, Cinema, Cinematography, Editing and Music."

The museum's website states about Scorcese, "In his films, he narrates accounts of the people and the conflicts of his country. The exhibition elucidates Scorsese's sources of inspiration and his specific working methods; it shows how much his artistic approach to telling stories has characterized modern American cinema."

For the show Scorcese opened his private archives and loaned items such as the entire living room wall of his parents home, his first storyboard and his record collection.

CNN reported that there are some 600 items on display incuding film clips, photograph, props, costums and documents from Robert De Niro's collection who has acted in many Scorcese films.

There is also an homage to New York, where Scorcese grew up and is often exemplified in his films. "The setting of the films is frequently New York, particularly Little Italy - a neighborhood at one time predominantly inhabited by Italian immigrants, where Scorsese grew up. His characters in these New York films often originate from this urban microcosm; and his cinematic obsessions developed here, in the streets of his childhood," says the museum's website.

This is the first  major exhibition of his work. Other collaborators on the exhibit include collections from Robert De Niro, Paul Shrader and from the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. "In addition to his artistic work, the exhibition pays tribute to Martin Scorcese's commitment to the preservation of our international film heritage, with which he has built a bridge between cinema history and its future," states the museum website.

January 10-May 12
Deutsche Kinemathek Film and Television Museum
Potsdamer Straße 2, D-10785 Berlin-Tiergarten; +49 30 300903 0; Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; admission: 5€ (US$6.50) for adults, 2€ for children www.deutsche-kinemathek.de