
Thelma Schoonmaker
Known for department: Editing
Birthday: 1940-01-03
Place of birth: Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]
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

Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
2005Self
Scorsese's GoodFellas
2015Self
Raging Bull: After the Fight
2005Self
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
2005Self
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001Self
The Eye of the Beholder
2005Self
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
2004Self - Editor
Edge of Outside
2006Self
At the Video Store
2019SelfInside Rupert Pupkin
2014Self
Bad 25
2012Self
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004Self
Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
2024
The Scorsese Machine
1990Self
Painting with Light
2001Self
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993Self
Glorious Technicolor
1998Self
The Key to Reserva
2007Self (uncredited)
Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
2010Self