About

Known credits:
71
Birthday:
1940-01-03
Place of birth:
Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]
Website:
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Thelma Schoonmaker

Overview

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

Acting
2024 Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell Actor N/A
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2020 The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman Actor Self 59
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2019 At the Video Store Actor Self 59
Average
2017 Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence Actor Self 59
Average
2015 Scorsese's GoodFellas Actor Self 59
Average
2014 Inside Rupert Pupkin Actor Self N/A
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2012 Bad 25 Actor Self 60
Fair
2012 Optimism and Sheer Will Actor Self N/A
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2010 Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes' Actor Self N/A
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2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Actor Self – Interviewee 59
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2007 The Key to Reserva Actor Self (uncredited) 60
Fair
2006 Edge of Outside Actor Self 58
Average
2005 Michael Powell Actor N/A
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2005 Raging Bull: After the Fight Actor Self N/A
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2005 Raging Bull: Outside the Ring Actor Self N/A
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2005 Raging Bull: Inside the Ring Actor Self 59
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2005 The Eye of the Beholder Actor Self N/A
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2004 Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' Actor Self N/A
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2004 Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours Actor Self - Editor 59
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2004 Filming for Your Life: Making ‘After Hours’ Actor Self N/A
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2004 Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing Actor Self 59
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2001 The Making of 'Cape Fear' Actor Self 59
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2001 Painting with Light Actor Self N/A
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1998 Glorious Technicolor Actor Self 59
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1993 Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' Actor Self 58
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1990 The Scorsese Machine Actor Self 59
Average

Directing
1970 Woodstock Directing Assistant Director 64
Fair

Production
2024 Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger Production Executive Producer 59
Average
2020 The Right Stuff Production Consulting Producer 71
Good
1982 The King of Comedy Production Production Supervisor 74
Good

Crew
2023 "Echoes of the Soil": The Unsung Stars of Gone to Earth Crew Thanks N/A
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2015 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Crew Thanks 72
Good

Editing
2024 Bleu de Chanel Editing Editor 59
Average
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Editing Editor 72
Good
2019 The Irishman Editing Editor 74
Good
2017 The Snowman Editing Editor 53
Average
2016 Silence Editing Editor 69
Fair
2015 Bombay Velvet Editing Editor 58
Average
2014 Learning to Drive Editing Editor 59
Average
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street Editing Editor 79
Good
2011 Hugo Editing Editor 71
Good
2010 Shutter Island Editing Editor 81
Very good
2007 The Key to Reserva Editing Editor 60
Fair
2006 The Departed Editing Editor 81
Very good
2004 The Aviator Editing Editor 70
Good
2002 Gangs of New York Editing Editor 72
Good
2001 The Neighborhood Editing Editorial Consultant 58
Average
1999 Bringing Out the Dead Editing Editor 63
Fair
1999 My Voyage to Italy Editing Editor 60
Fair
1997 Kundun Editing Editor 63
Fair
1996 Grace of My Heart Editing Editor 59
Average
1995 Casino Editing Editor 78
Good
1995 A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies Editing Supervising Editor 71
Good
1993 The Age of Innocence Editing Editor 66
Fair
1991 Cape Fear Editing Editor 71
Good
1990 GoodFellas Editing Editor 84
Very good
1990 Made in Milan Editing Editor 58
Average
1989 New York Stories Editing Editor 60
Fair
1988 The Last Temptation of Christ Editing Editor 67
Fair
1986 The Color of Money Editing Editor 65
Fair
1985 After Hours Editing Editor 70
Good
1982 The King of Comedy Editing Editor 74
Good
1980 Rockshow Editing Editor 59
Average
1980 Raging Bull Editing Editor 76
Good
1979 Wings Over the World Editing Editor 58
Average
1970 Street Scenes Editing Editor 58
Average
1970 Woodstock Editing Editor 64
Fair
1968 The Virgin President Editing Editor 58
Average
1968 Who's That Knocking at My Door Editing Editor 59
Average
1967 Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake Editing Editor 59
Average
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder Editing Editor N/A
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