
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).
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26 Credits
Bad 25
as Self
2012

Mr. Scorsese
as Self
2025

Michael Powell
2005

Glorious Technicolor
as Self
1998

The Making of 'Cape Fear'
as Self
2001

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
as Self
2017

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2010

The Key to Reserva
as Self (uncredited)
2007

Scorsese's GoodFellas
as Self
2015

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
as Self
2004

Edge of Outside
as Self
2006

Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
as Self
2005