Thelma Schoonmaker
Born
January 3, 1940 (85 years old)
Known For
Editing
Place of Birth
Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]
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).
Known For
Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
2024
The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman
Self
2020
At the Video Store
Self
2019
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
Self
2017
Scorsese's GoodFellas
Self
2015
Inside Rupert Pupkin
Self
2014
Bad 25
Self
2012
Optimism and Sheer Will
Self
2012
Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
Self
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
2010
The Key to Reserva
Self (uncredited)
2007
Edge of Outside
Self
2006
Michael Powell
2005
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
Self
2005
Raging Bull: After the Fight
Self
2005
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
Self
2005
The Eye of the Beholder
Self
2005
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
Self - Editor
2004
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
Self
2004
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
Self
2004
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self
2001
Painting with Light
Self
2001
Glorious Technicolor
Self
1998
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Self
1993
The Scorsese Machine
Self
1990