Scorsese to do film on British cinema history

Director Martin Scorsese, who has been nominated for an Oscar for his Gangs of New York, is to turning his attentions to British cinema for his next project.

He is to write, direct, narrate and produce a feature film-length documentary, The History of the British Cinema, for distribution around the world by the Walt Disney Co-owned Miramax, which collaborated with him on Gangs of New York.