Thelma Schoonmaker

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).

Most Known For

Bad 25

as Self

Mr. Scorsese

as Self

Michael Powell

Glorious Technicolor

as Self

The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman

as Self

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as Self – Interviewee

Inside Rupert Pupkin

as Self

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

as Self

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

as Self

Scorsese's GoodFellas

as Self

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'

as Self

At the Video Store

as Self

Edge of Outside

as Self

The Key to Reserva

as Self (uncredited)

Invisible Women

as Herself

Raging Bull: Outside the Ring

as Self

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'

as Self

Raging Bull: After the Fight

as Self

Raging Bull: Inside the Ring

as Self

Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours

as Self - Editor