Thelma Schoonmaker
EditingBorn
January 3, 1940
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 …
Known For
Mr. Scorsese
2025
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Bad 25
2012
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
Scorsese's GoodFellas
2015
Edge of Outside
2006
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2017
Invisible Women
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
2020
Filmography
Dog with a Movie Camera
2026
Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration
2026
Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
2024
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
2020
At the Video Store
2019
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2017
Scorsese's GoodFellas
2015
Inside Rupert Pupkin
2014
Optimism and Sheer Will
2012
Bad 25
2012
Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Edge of Outside
2006
Michael Powell
2005
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
2005
Raging Bull: After the Fight
2005
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
2005
The Eye of the Beholder
2005
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
2004
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2004
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
2004
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001
Painting with Light
2001
Glorious Technicolor
1998
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1993
The Scorsese Machine
1990
Movies Are My Life
1988
Invisible Women