Thelma Schoonmaker

Known For

Editing

Born

Jan 03, 1940

Place of Birth

Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]

Credits

74 titles

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

Filmography

2026

Dog with a Movie Camera

Movie
2026

Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration

Self

Movie
2025

Mr. Scorsese

Self

Tv
2024

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

Movie
2024

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Executive Producer

Movie
2023

"Echoes of the Soil": The Unsung Stars of Gone to Earth

Thanks

Movie
2023

Killers of the Flower Moon

Editor

Movie
2020

The Right Stuff

Consulting Producer

Tv
2020

The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman

Self

Movie
2019

The Irishman

Editor

Movie
2019

At the Video Store

Self

Movie
2017

The Snowman

Editor

Movie
2017

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

Self

Movie
2016

Silence

Editor

Movie
2015

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Thanks

Movie
2015

Bombay Velvet

Editor

Movie
2015

Scorsese's GoodFellas

Self

Movie
2014

Learning to Drive

Editor

Movie
2014

Inside Rupert Pupkin

Self

Movie
2013

The Wolf of Wall Street

Editor

Movie
2013

Rockshow

Editor

Movie
2012

Optimism and Sheer Will

Self

Movie
2012

Bad 25

Self

Movie
2011

Hugo

Editor

Movie
2010

Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'

Self

Movie
2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Self – Interviewee

Movie
2010

Shutter Island

Editor

Movie
2006

The Departed

Editor

Movie
2006

Edge of Outside

Self

Movie
2005

Michael Powell

Movie
2005

Raging Bull: Inside the Ring

Self

Movie
2005

Raging Bull: After the Fight

Self

Movie
2005

Raging Bull: Outside the Ring

Self

Movie
2005

The Eye of the Beholder

Self

Movie
2004

The Aviator

Editor

Movie
2004

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'

Self

Movie
2004

Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours

Self - Editor

Movie
2004

Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing

Self

Movie
2002

Gangs of New York

Editor

Movie
2001

The Concert for New York City

Editorial Consultant

Movie
2001

The Neighborhood

Editorial Consultant

Movie
2001

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

Self

Movie
2001

Painting with Light

Self

Movie
1999

Bringing Out the Dead

Editor

Movie
1999

My Voyage to Italy

Editor

Movie
1998

Glorious Technicolor

Self

Movie
1997

Kundun

Editor

Movie
1996

Grace of My Heart

Editor

Movie
1995

Casino

Editor

Movie
1995

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

Supervising Editor

Tv