Thelma Schoonmaker

Thelma Schoonmaker

  • Birthday: 1940-01-03
  • Place of birth: Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]
  • Also know as: Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell

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

Production

Woodstock

1970

As Assistant Director

The King of Comedy

1982

As Editor

Casino

1995

As Editor

GoodFellas

1990

As Editor

The Departed

2006

As Editor

Raging Bull

1980

As Editor

Cape Fear

1991

As Editor

The Age of Innocence

1993

As Editor

Gangs of New York

2002

As Editor

After Hours

1985

As Editor

The Color of Money

1986

As Editor

Bringing Out the Dead

1999

As Editor

Hugo

2011

As Editor

Kundun

1997

As Editor

The Aviator

2004

As Editor

Made in Milan

1990

As Editor

Silence

2016

As Editor

Bad

1987

As Editor

Shutter Island

2010

As Editor

Woodstock

1970

As Editor

Bombay Velvet

2015

As Editor

My Voyage to Italy

1999

As Editor

The Irishman

2019

As Editor

Grace of My Heart

1996

As Editor

Wings Over the World

1979

As Editor

Rockshow

1980

As Editor

The Snowman

2017

As Editor

Learning to Drive

2014

As Editor

The Key to Reserva

2007

As Editor

Street Scenes 1970

1970

As Editor

The Wager

0000

As Editor

New York Stories

1989

As Editor

A Life of Jesus

0000

As Editor

The King of Comedy

1982

As Production Supervisor

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