Thelma Schoonmaker

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 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).

Known For

Scorsese's GoodFellas

Mr. Scorsese

Bad 25

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'

Edge of Outside

All Movies (28)

• Dog with a Movie Camera2026
• Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration2026 · as (herself)
• Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell2024
• The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman2020 · as Self
• At the Video Store2019 · as Self
• Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence2017 · as Self
• Scorsese's GoodFellas2015 · as Self
• Inside Rupert Pupkin2014 · as Self
• Optimism and Sheer Will2012 · as Self
• Bad 252012 · as Self
• Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'2010 · as Self
• Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff2010 · as Self – Interviewee
• Edge of Outside2006 · as Self
• Michael Powell2005
• Raging Bull: Inside the Ring2005 · as Self
• Raging Bull: After the Fight2005 · as Self
• Raging Bull: Outside the Ring2005 · as Self
• The Eye of the Beholder2005 · as Self
• Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours2004 · as Self - Editor
• Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'2004 · as Self
• Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing2004 · as Self
• The Making of 'Cape Fear'2001 · as Self
• Painting with Light2001 · as Self
• Glorious Technicolor1998 · as Self
• Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'1993 · as Self
• The Scorsese Machine1990 · as Self
• Movies Are My Life1988 · as Self
• Invisible Women— · as Herself

All TV Shows (1)

• Mr. Scorsese2025 · as Self