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Thelma Schoonmaker

Thelma Schoonmaker

Birthday: 1940-01-03 | Place of Birth: Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
At the Video Store

as    Self

2015
Scorsese's GoodFellas

as    Self

2014
Inside Rupert Pupkin

as    Self

2012
Bad 25

as    Self

2011
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as    Self – Interviewee

2007
The Key to Reserva

as    Self (uncredited)

2006
Edge of Outside

as    Self

2005
The Eye of the Beholder

as    Self

2005
2005
2005
2004
Raging Bull: Fight Night

as    Self

2004
2001
The Making of 'Cape Fear'

as    Self

2001
Painting with Light

as    Self

1990
The Scorsese Machine

as    Self