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).
Filmography (29 titles)
MovieDog with a Movie Camera
2026
MovieKillers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration
Self · 2026
8.1ShowMr. Scorsese
Self · 2025
MovieVisions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
2024
7.0MovieThe Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
Self · 2020
10.0MovieAt the Video Store
Self · 2019
6.0MovieMartin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
Self · 2017
8.3MovieScorsese's GoodFellas
Self · 2015
Inside Rupert Pupkin
Self · 2014
MovieOptimism and Sheer Will
Self · 2012
7.3MovieBad 25
Self · 2012
MovieThelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
Self · 2010
6.6MovieCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee · 2010
5.8MovieEdge of Outside
Self · 2006
MovieMichael Powell
2005
9.0MovieRaging Bull: Inside the Ring
Self · 2005
8.0MovieRaging Bull: Outside the Ring
Self · 2005
8.0MovieRaging Bull: After the Fight
Self · 2005
MovieThe Eye of the Beholder
Self · 2005
7.2MovieFilming for Your Life: Making After Hours
Self - Editor · 2004
6.0MovieGetting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
Self · 2004
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
Self · 2004
7.4MovieThe Making of 'Cape Fear'
Self · 2001
MoviePainting with Light
Self · 2001
6.9MovieGlorious Technicolor
Self · 1998
7.0MovieInnocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Self · 1993
8.0MovieThe Scorsese Machine
Self · 1990
6.8MovieMovies Are My Life
Self · 1988
10.0MovieInvisible Women
Herself ·