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Thelma Schoonmaker

Known For
Editing

Known Credits
29

Gender
Female

Birthday
January 3, 1940 (86 years old)

Place of Birth
Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]

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).

Known For

Production

2024Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger...Executive Producer
2020The Right Stuff...Consulting Producer
1982The King of Comedy...Production Supervisor

Crew

2023"Echoes of the Soil": The Unsung Stars of Gone to Earth...Thanks
2015Me and Earl and the Dying Girl...Thanks

Editing

2023Killers of the Flower Moon...Editor
2019The Irishman...Editor
2017The Snowman...Editor
2016Silence...Editor
2015Bombay Velvet...Editor
2014Learning to Drive...Editor
2013The Wolf of Wall Street...Editor
2013Rockshow...Editor
2011Hugo...Editor
2010Shutter Island...Editor
2006The Departed...Editor
2004The Aviator...Editor
2002Gangs of New York...Editor
2001The Concert for New York City...Editorial Consultant
2001The Neighborhood...Editorial Consultant
1999Bringing Out the Dead...Editor
1999My Voyage to Italy...Editor
1997Kundun...Editor
1996Grace of My Heart...Editor
1995Casino...Editor
1995A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies...Supervising Editor
1993The Age of Innocence...Editor
1991Cape Fear...Editor
1990GoodFellas...Editor
1990Made in Milan...Editor
1989New York Stories...Editor
1988The Last Temptation of Christ...Editor
1986The Color of Money...Editor
1985After Hours...Editor
1982The King of Comedy...Editor
1980Raging Bull...Editor
1979Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World...Editor
1970Street Scenes 1970...Editor
1970Woodstock...Editor
1968The Virgin President...Editor
1968Who's That Knocking at My Door...Editor
1967Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake...Editor
Untitled Hawaiian Gangster Project...Editor
Midnight Vendetta...Editor
What Happens at Night...Editor

Directing

1970Woodstock...Assistant Director

Acting

2026Dog with a Movie Cameraas
2026Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaborationas Self
2025Mr. Scorseseas Self
2024Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powellas
2020The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishmanas Self
2019At the Video Storeas Self
2017Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silenceas Self
2015Scorsese's GoodFellasas Self
2014Inside Rupert Pupkinas Self
2012Optimism and Sheer Willas Self
2012Bad 25as Self
2010Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'as Self
2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiffas Self – Interviewee
2006Edge of Outsideas Self
2005Michael Powellas
2005Raging Bull: Inside the Ringas Self
2005Raging Bull: Outside the Ringas Self
2005Raging Bull: After the Fightas Self
2005The Eye of the Beholderas Self
2004Filming for Your Life: Making After Hoursas Self - Editor
2004Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'as Self
2004Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editingas Self
2001The Making of 'Cape Fear'as Self
2001Painting with Lightas Self
1998Glorious Technicoloras Self
1993Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'as Self
1990The Scorsese Machineas Self
1988Movies Are My Lifeas Self
Invisible Womenas Herself