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).
Acting
Movie
Bad 25
as Self
2012
Movie
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2010
TV
Mr. Scorsese
as Self
2025
Movie
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
as Self
2001
Movie
Scorsese's GoodFellas
as Self
2015
Movie
Glorious Technicolor
as Self
1998
Movie
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
as Self - Editor
2004
Movie
Edge of Outside
as Self
2006
Movie
Movies Are My Life
as Self
1988
Movie
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
as Self
1993
Movie
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
as Self
2004
Movie
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
as Self
2005
Movie
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
as Self
2004
Movie
The Scorsese Machine
as Self
1990
Movie
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
as Self
2020
Movie
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
as Self
2005
Movie
At the Video Store
as Self
2019
Movie
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
as Self
2017
Movie
Invisible Women
as Herself
Movie
Raging Bull: After the Fight
as Self
2005
Movie
The Eye of the Beholder
as Self
2005
Movie
Inside Rupert Pupkin
as Self
2014
Movie
Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
2024
Movie
Painting with Light
as Self
2001
Crew
Movie
The Wolf of Wall Street
Editor
2013
Movie
Shutter Island
Editor
2010
Movie
The Departed
Editor
2006
Movie
GoodFellas
Editor
1990
Movie
Hugo
Editor
2011
Movie
The Irishman
Editor
2019
Movie
Gangs of New York
Editor
2002
Movie
Casino
Editor
1995
Movie
The Aviator
Editor
2004
Movie
Raging Bull
Editor
1980
Movie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Editor
2023
Movie
Cape Fear
Editor
1991