Editing · Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria] · Born January 3, 1940
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).
MovieDog with a Movie Camera
2026
MovieKillers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration
2026
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TVMr. Scorsese
2025
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MovieVisions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
2024
MovieThe Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
2020
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MovieAt the Video Store
2019
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MovieMartin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2017
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MovieScorsese's GoodFellas
2015
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Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
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MovieOptimism and Sheer Will
2012
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MovieBad 25
2012
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MovieThelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
2010
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MovieCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
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MovieEdge of Outside
2006
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MovieMichael Powell
2005
MovieRaging Bull: Inside the Ring
2005
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MovieRaging Bull: Outside the Ring
2005
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MovieRaging Bull: After the Fight
2005
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MovieThe Eye of the Beholder
2005
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MovieFilming for Your Life: Making After Hours
2004
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MovieGetting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
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Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
2004
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MovieThe Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001
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MoviePainting with Light
2001
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MovieGlorious Technicolor
1998
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MovieInnocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993
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MovieThe Scorsese Machine
1990
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MovieMovies Are My Life
1988
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MovieInvisible Women
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