- Known For
- Editing
- Born
- January 3, 1940
- Place of Birth
- Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria]
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).
Filmography
movieDog with a Movie Camera
2026
movieKillers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration
2026 · Self
tvMr. Scorsese
2025 · Self
movieVisions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
2024
movieMade in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024 · Executive Producer
movie"Echoes of the Soil": The Unsung Stars of Gone to Earth
2023 · Thanks
movieKillers of the Flower Moon
2023 · Editor
tvThe Right Stuff
2020 · Consulting Producer
movieThe Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
2020 · Self
movieThe Irishman
2019 · Editor
movieAt the Video Store
2019 · Self
movieThe Snowman
2017 · Editor
movieMartin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2017 · Self
movieSilence
2016 · Editor
movieMe and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015 · Thanks
movieBombay Velvet
2015 · Editor
movieScorsese's GoodFellas
2015 · Self
movieLearning to Drive
2014 · Editor
Inside Rupert Pupkin
movieInside Rupert Pupkin
2014 · Self
movieThe Wolf of Wall Street
2013 · Editor
movieRockshow
2013 · Editor
movieOptimism and Sheer Will
2012 · Self
movieBad 25
2012 · Self
movieHugo
2011 · Editor
movieThelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
2010 · Self
movieCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 · Self – Interviewee
movieShutter Island
2010 · Editor
movieThe Departed
2006 · Editor
movieEdge of Outside
2006 · Self
movieMichael Powell
2005
movieRaging Bull: Inside the Ring
2005 · Self
movieRaging Bull: After the Fight
2005 · Self
movieRaging Bull: Outside the Ring
2005 · Self
movieThe Eye of the Beholder
2005 · Self
movieThe Aviator
2004 · Editor
movieFilming for Your Life: Making After Hours
2004 · Self - Editor
movieGetting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004 · Self
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
movieEdge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
2004 · Self
movieGangs of New York
2002 · Editor
movieThe Neighborhood
2001 · Editorial Consultant
movieThe Concert for New York City
2001 · Editorial Consultant
movieThe Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001 · Self
moviePainting with Light
2001 · Self
movieBringing Out the Dead
1999 · Editor
movieMy Voyage to Italy
1999 · Editor
movieGlorious Technicolor
1998 · Self
movieKundun
1997 · Editor
movieGrace of My Heart
1996 · Editor
movieCasino
1995 · Editor
tvA Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
1995 · Supervising Editor
movieThe Age of Innocence
1993 · Editor
movieInnocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993 · Self
movieCape Fear
1991 · Editor
movieGoodFellas
1990 · Editor
movieThe Scorsese Machine
1990 · Self
movieMade in Milan
1990 · Editor
movieNew York Stories
1989 · Editor
movieThe Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · Editor
movieMovies Are My Life
1988 · Self
movieThe Color of Money
1986 · Editor
movieAfter Hours
1985 · Editor
movieThe King of Comedy
1982 · Editor, Production Supervisor
movieRaging Bull
1980 · Editor
moviePaul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
1979 · Editor
movieStreet Scenes 1970
1970 · Editor
movieWoodstock
1970 · Assistant Director, Editor
movieThe Virgin President
1968 · Editor
movieWho's That Knocking at My Door
1968 · Editor
moviePassages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake
1967 · Editor
movieInvisible Women
— · Herself
Untitled Hawaiian Gangster Project
movieUntitled Hawaiian Gangster Project
— · Editor
Midnight Vendetta
movieMidnight Vendetta
— · Editor
movieWhat Happens at Night
— · Editor