
Person
Thelma Schoonmaker
Editing
- Known for
- Editing
- Born
- Jan 3, 1940
- From
- Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]
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).
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Bad 25

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Mr. Scorsese

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

Scorsese's GoodFellas

Glorious Technicolor

Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours

Edge of Outside

Movies Are My Life

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing

Raging Bull: Inside the Ring

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'

The Scorsese Machine
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman

Raging Bull: Outside the Ring

At the Video Store

Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell