Editing
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
Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration
Film · 2026
Dog with a Movie Camera
Film · 2026
Mr. Scorsese
Series · 2025
Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
Film · 2024
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
Film · 2020
At the Video Store
Film · 2019
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
Film · 2017
Scorsese's GoodFellas
Film · 2015
Inside Rupert Pupkin
Film · 2014
Bad 25
Film · 2012
Optimism and Sheer Will
Film · 2012
Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
Film · 2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Film · 2010
Edge of Outside
Film · 2006
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
Film · 2005
Raging Bull: After the Fight
Film · 2005
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
Film · 2005
The Eye of the Beholder
Film · 2005
Michael Powell
Film · 2005
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
Film · 2004
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
Film · 2004
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
Film · 2004
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Film · 2001
Painting with Light
Film · 2001
Glorious Technicolor
Film · 1998
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Film · 1993
The Scorsese Machine
Film · 1990
Movies Are My Life
Film · 1988
Invisible Women
Film