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