Thelma Schoonmaker
Born: 1940-01-03
Place of Birth: Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]
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
Painting with Light
Bad 25
Michael Powell
Glorious Technicolor
Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
Optimism and Sheer Will
The Scorsese Machine
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Scorsese's GoodFellas
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
The Key to Reserva
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Edge of Outside
Raging Bull: After the Fight
Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
At the Video Store
The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman
The Eye of the Beholder
