Thelma Schoonmaker
Known for Editing · 29 credits
- Born
- 1940-01-03 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]
- Also known as
- Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell
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).
Known For
Mr. Scorsese
2025
as Self
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self – Interviewee
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
2004
as Self
Bad 25
2012
as Self
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
2020
as Self
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
as Self
TV Shows (1)
Movies (28)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self – Interviewee
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
2004
as Self
Bad 25
2012
as Self
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
2020
as Self
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
as Self
Scorsese's GoodFellas
2015
as Self
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993
as Self
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2017
as Self
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
2005
as Self
Edge of Outside
2006
as Self
Invisible Women
as Herself
Raging Bull: After the Fight
2005
as Self
At the Video Store
2019
as Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001
as Self
Movies Are My Life
1988
as Self
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
as Self
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
2005
as Self
Michael Powell
2005
The Scorsese Machine
1990
as Self
Glorious Technicolor
1998
as Self
Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration
2026
as (herself)
The Eye of the Beholder
2005
as Self
Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
2024
Painting with Light
2001
as Self
Dog with a Movie Camera
2026
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
2004
as Self - Editor
Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
2010
as Self
Optimism and Sheer Will
2012
as Self
About Thelma Schoonmaker
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 h… With 29 credits spanning from 1988 to 2026, Thelma Schoonmaker has appeared in 28 films and 1 TV show.
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- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) — as Self – Interviewee
- Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing (2004) — as Self
- Bad 25 (2012) — as Self
- The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman (2020) — as Self
- Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' (2004) — as Self
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