Thelma Schoonmaker
- Known for
- Editing
- Born
- January 3, 1940
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography
- What Happens at Night
What Happens at Night TBA
Editor
- Midnight Vendetta
Midnight Vendetta TBA
Editor
- Untitled Hawaiian Gangster Project
Untitled Hawaiian Gangster Project TBA
Editor
Invisible Women TBA
as Self
Dog with a Movie Camera 2026
Actor
Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration 2026
as Self
Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell 2024
Actor
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger 2024
Executive Producer
"Echoes of the Soil": The Unsung Stars of Gone to Earth 2023
Thanks
Killers of the Flower Moon 2023
Editor
- The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman 2020
as Self
The Irishman 2019
Editor
At the Video Store 2019
as Self
The Snowman 2017
Editor
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence 2017
as Self
Silence 2016
Editor
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl 2015
Thanks
Bombay Velvet 2015
Editor
Scorsese's GoodFellas 2015
as Self
Learning to Drive 2014
Editor
- Inside Rupert Pupkin
Inside Rupert Pupkin 2014
as Self
The Wolf of Wall Street 2013
Editor
Rockshow 2013
Editor
Optimism and Sheer Will 2012
as Self
Bad 25 2012
as Self
Hugo 2011
Editor
Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes' 2010
as Self
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff 2010
as Self – Interviewee
Shutter Island 2010
Editor
The Departed 2006
Editor
Edge of Outside 2006
as Self
Michael Powell 2005
Actor
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring 2005
as Self
Raging Bull: After the Fight 2005
as Self
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring 2005
as Self
The Eye of the Beholder 2005
as Self
The Aviator 2004
Editor
Getting Made: The Making of GoodFellas 2004
as Self
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours 2004
as Self - Editor
- Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing 2004
as Self
Gangs of New York 2002
Editor
The Concert for New York City 2001
Editorial Consultant
The Making of 'Cape Fear' 2001
as Self
Painting with Light 2001
as Self
Bringing Out the Dead 1999
Editor
My Voyage to Italy 1999
Editor
Glorious Technicolor 1998
as Self
Kundun 1997
Editor
Grace of My Heart 1996
Editor
Casino 1995
Editor
The Age of Innocence 1993
Editor
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' 1993
as Self
Cape Fear 1991
Editor
GoodFellas 1990
Editor
The Scorsese Machine 1990
as Self
Made in Milan 1990
Editor
New York Stories 1989
Editor
The Last Temptation of Christ 1988
Editor
Movies Are My Life 1988
as Self
The Color of Money 1986
Editor
After Hours 1985
Editor
The King of Comedy 1982
Editor, Production Supervisor
Raging Bull 1980
Editor
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World 1979
Editor
Street Scenes 1970 1970
Editor
Woodstock 1970
Assistant Director, Editor
The Virgin President 1968
Editor
Who's That Knocking at My Door 1968
Editor
Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake 1967
Editor
Credits from TMDB.