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Thelma Schoonmaker

Thelma Schoonmaker

Editing · Born 1940-01-03 · Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]

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Biography

Thelma Schoonmaker (born January 3, 1940) is an American film editor, best known for her collaboration over five decades with director Martin Scorsese. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and four ACE Eddie Awards. She has been honored with the British Film Institute Fellowship in 1997, the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2014, and the BAFTA Fellowship in 2019. started working with Scorsese on his debut feature film, Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967), and has edited all of his films since Raging Bull (1980). She has received nine nominations for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, winning three—for Raging Bull, The Aviator (2004), and The Departed (2006), both records. She has also been nominated eleven times for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, winning for Raging Bull and Goodfellas (1990).

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Bad 25 (2012) — Self
  2. Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) — Self – Interviewee
  3. Mr. Scorsese (2025) — Self
  4. The Making of 'Cape Fear' (2001) — Self
  5. Scorsese's GoodFellas (2015) — Self
  6. Glorious Technicolor (1998) — Self
  7. Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours (2004) — Self - Editor
  8. Edge of Outside (2006) — Self
  9. Movies Are My Life (1988) — Self
  10. Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' (1993) — Self
  11. Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing (2004) — Self
  12. Raging Bull: Inside the Ring (2005) — Self
  13. Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' (2004) — Self
  14. The Scorsese Machine (1990) — Self
  15. The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman (2020) — Self
  16. Raging Bull: Outside the Ring (2005) — Self
  17. At the Video Store (2019) — Self
  18. Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence (2017) — Self
  19. Invisible Women — Herself
  20. Raging Bull: After the Fight (2005) — Self
  21. The Eye of the Beholder (2005) — Self
  22. Inside Rupert Pupkin (2014) — Self
  23. Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell (2024)
  24. Painting with Light (2001) — Self
  25. Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes' (2010) — Self
  26. Optimism and Sheer Will (2012) — Self
  27. Michael Powell (2005)
  28. Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration (2026) — Self
  29. Dog with a Movie Camera (2026)