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Thelma Schoonmaker
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 num…
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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).
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2026
Dog with a Movie Camera
Movie
- 2026
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2025
Mr. Scorsese
TV show Self
- 2024
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2024
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Movie Executive Producer
- 2023
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2023
Killers of the Flower Moon
Movie Editor
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2020
The Right Stuff
TV show Consulting Producer
- 2020
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2019
The Irishman
Movie Editor
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2019
At the Video Store
Movie Self
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2017
The Snowman
Movie Editor
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2017
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
Movie Self
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2016
Silence
Movie Editor
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2015
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Movie Thanks
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2015
Bombay Velvet
Movie Editor
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2015
Scorsese's GoodFellas
Movie Self
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2014
Learning to Drive
Movie Editor
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2014
Inside Rupert Pupkin
Movie Self
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2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
Movie Editor
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2013
Rockshow
Movie Editor
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2012
Optimism and Sheer Will
Movie Self
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2012
Bad 25
Movie Self
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2011
Hugo
Movie Editor
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2010
Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
Movie Self
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2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie Self – Interviewee
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2010
Shutter Island
Movie Editor
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2006
The Departed
Movie Editor
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2006
Edge of Outside
Movie Self
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2005
Michael Powell
Movie
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2005
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
Movie Self
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2005
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
Movie Self
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2005
Raging Bull: After the Fight
Movie Self
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2005
The Eye of the Beholder
Movie Self
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2004
The Aviator
Movie Editor
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2004
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
Movie Self
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2004
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
Movie Self - Editor
- 2004
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2002
Gangs of New York
Movie Editor
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2001
The Concert for New York City
Movie Editorial Consultant
