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).
Known For
Mr. Scorsese
2025
Bad 25
2012
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Glorious Technicolor
1998
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
2020
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993
0Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration
2026
Movies Are My Life
1988
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2017
Invisible Women
0Dog with a Movie Camera
2026
Filmography
Mr. Scorsese
as Self · 2025
Bad 25
as Self · 2012
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee · 2010
Glorious Technicolor
as Self · 1998
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
as Self · 2020
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
as Self · 1993
Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration
as Self · 2026
Movies Are My Life
as Self · 1988
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
as Self · 2004
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
as Self · 2017
Invisible Women
as Self
Dog with a Movie Camera
· 2026
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
as Self · 2005
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
as Self · 2004
Michael Powell
· 2005
At the Video Store
as Self · 2019
Raging Bull: After the Fight
as Self · 2005
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
as Self · 2005
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
as Self - Editor · 2004
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
as Self · 2001
Optimism and Sheer Will
as Self · 2012
The Scorsese Machine
as Self · 1990
Edge of Outside
as Self · 2006
The Eye of the Beholder
as Self · 2005
Scorsese's GoodFellas
as Self · 2015
Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self · 2014
Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
· 2024
Painting with Light
as Self · 2001
Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
as Self · 2010