Thelma Schoonmaker
- Editing
- January 3, 1940 · 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
Filmography
- Dog with a Movie Camera
- Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration · Self
- Mr. Scorsese · Self
- Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
- Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger · Executive producer
- "Echoes of the Soil": The Unsung Stars of Gone to Earth · Thanks
- Killers of the Flower Moon · Editing
- The Right Stuff · Consulting Producer
- The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman · Self
- The Irishman · Editing
- At the Video Store · Self
- The Snowman · Editing
- Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence · Self
- Silence · Editing
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl · Thanks
- Bombay Velvet · Editing
- Scorsese's GoodFellas · Self
- Learning to Drive · Editing
- Inside Rupert Pupkin · Self
- The Wolf of Wall Street · Editing
- Rockshow · Editing
- Optimism and Sheer Will · Self
- Bad 25 · Self
- Hugo · Editing
- Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes' · Self
- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff · Self
- Shutter Island · Editing
- The Departed · Editing
- Edge of Outside · Self
- Michael Powell
- Raging Bull: Inside the Ring · Self
- Raging Bull: Outside the Ring · Self
- Raging Bull: After the Fight · Self
- The Eye of the Beholder · Self
- The Aviator · Editing
- Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours · Self
- Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' · Self
- Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing · Self
- Gangs of New York · Editing
- The Neighborhood · Editorial Consultant
- The Concert for New York City · Editorial Consultant
- The Making of 'Cape Fear' · Self
- Painting with Light · Self
- Bringing Out the Dead · Editing
- My Voyage to Italy · Editing
- Glorious Technicolor · Self
- Kundun · Editing
- Grace of My Heart · Editing
- Casino · Editing
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies · Supervising Editor
- The Age of Innocence · Editing
- Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' · Self
- Cape Fear · Editing
- GoodFellas · Editing
- The Scorsese Machine · Self
- Made in Milan · Editing
- New York Stories · Editing
- The Last Temptation of Christ · Editing
- Movies Are My Life · Self
- The Color of Money · Editing
- After Hours · Editing
- The King of Comedy · Editing, Production Supervisor
- Raging Bull · Editing
- Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World · Editing
- Street Scenes 1970 · Editing
- Woodstock · Editing, Assistant Director
- The Virgin President · Editing
- Who's That Knocking at My Door · Editing
- Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake · Editing
- Invisible Women · Self
- Untitled Hawaiian Gangster Project · Editing
- Midnight Vendetta · Editing
- What Happens at Night · Editing