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Thelma Schoonmaker

Editor, Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn January 3, 1940 (85 years)
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).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The King of Comedy

Known For

  • The Departed
  • Goodfellas
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Raging Bull
  • Gangs of New York
  • The Aviator
  • The Irishman
  • Hugo
  • Cape Fear
  • The King of Comedy
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Woodstock
  • Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
  • Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell

Thelma Schoonmaker Filmography

2025
Mr. Scorsese (TV Series) · as Self
2019
2017
Hollywood First Look Features (TV Series) · as Self
2012
Casting By · as Self
2012
Bad 25 · as Self
2012
The 84th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee
2010
Sodankylä Forever (TV Series) · as Self
2010
2009
2007
The Key to Reserva · as Self (uncredited)
2007
British Film Forever (TV Series) · as Self
2007
The 79th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
2006
Edge of Outside · as Self
2005
2005
The 77th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
2004
2003
2003
2001
1998
1992
1989
Cinéma, de notre temps (TV Series) · as Self
1985
American Masters (TV Series) · as Self
1981
The 53rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner

2024
2020
The Right Stuff (TV Series) · as Consulting Producer
2016
Letters from Baghdad · as Executive Producer

2001
The Concert for New York City · as Editorial Consultant
2001
WVAG in New York City · as Film Editor
1995
1982
The King of Comedy · as Production Supervisor
1970
Woodstock · as Assistant Director

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