Thelma Schoonmaker

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 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: Editing

Born: Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria], 1940-01-03

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1990	The Scorsese Machine	Self	70
2	1993	Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'	Self	55
3	1998	Glorious Technicolor	Self	67
4	2001	Painting with Light	Self	0
5	2001	The Making of 'Cape Fear'	Self	73
6	2004	Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing	Self	70
7	2004	Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours	Self - Editor	70
8	2004	Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'	Self	50
9	2005	The Eye of the Beholder	Self	0
10	2005	Raging Bull: Inside the Ring	Self	90
11	2005	Raging Bull: After the Fight	Self	80
12	2005	Raging Bull: Outside the Ring	Self	80
13	2005	Michael Powell		0
14	2006	Edge of Outside	Self	58
15	2007	The Key to Reserva	Self (uncredited)	72
16	2010	Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff	Self – Interviewee	67
17	2010	Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'	Self	0
18	2012	Optimism and Sheer Will	Self	0
19	2012	Bad 25	Self	73
20	2014	Inside Rupert Pupkin	Self	0
21	2015	Scorsese's GoodFellas	Self	83
22	2017	Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence	Self	60
23	2019	At the Video Store	Self	100
24	2020	The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman	Self	70
25	2024	Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell		0

Thelma Schoonmaker

Film

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