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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).

Actor

The Key to Reserva

2007

as Self (uncredited)

Documentaries

Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell

2024

The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman

2020

as Self

At the Video Store

2019

as Self

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

2017

as Self

Scorsese's GoodFellas

2015

as Self

Inside Rupert Pupkin

2014

as Self

Bad 25

2012

as Self

Optimism and Sheer Will

2012

as Self

Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'

2010

as Self

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

as Self – Interviewee

Edge of Outside

2006

as Self

Raging Bull: Inside the Ring

2005

as Self

Raging Bull: Outside the Ring

2005

as Self

Raging Bull: After the Fight

2005

as Self

The Eye of the Beholder

2005

as Self

Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours

2004

as Self - Editor

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'

2004

as Self

Filming for Your Life: Making ‘After Hours’

2004

as Self

Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing

2004

as Self

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

2001

as Self

Painting with Light

2001

as Self

Glorious Technicolor

1998

as Self

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

1993

as Self

The Scorsese Machine

1990

as Self