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Thelma Schoonmaker

Personal Info

Known For

Editing

Birthdate

1940-01-03 (Age: 86)

Place of Birth

Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]

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).

Filmography (27)

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Dog with a Movie Camera

2026
⭐ 0 Role: (herself)

Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration

2026
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Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell

2024
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self

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

2020
⭐ 10.0 Role: Self

At the Video Store

2019
⭐ 6.0 Role: Self

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

2017
⭐ 8.3 Role: Self

Scorsese's GoodFellas

2015
No Image
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Inside Rupert Pupkin

2014
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Optimism and Sheer Will

2012
⭐ 7.3 Role: Self

Bad 25

2012
⭐ 0 Role: Self

Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'

2010
⭐ 6.6 Role: Self – Interviewee

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010
⭐ 5.8 Role: Self

Edge of Outside

2006
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Michael Powell

2005
⭐ 9.0 Role: Self

Raging Bull: Inside the Ring

2005