Thelma Schoonmaker
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 | Editing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8738 |
| Birthday | 1940-01-03 |
| Place of Birth | Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria] |
| Also Known As | Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell, |
2005
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
9/2
The second part about the production of "Raging Bull."
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Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
2015
Scorsese's GoodFellas
8.3/17
In this produced by Brett Ratner new retrospective documentary we hear from cast members and additional participants include Harvey Keitel, Leonardo D...
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Scorsese's GoodFellas
2005
Raging Bull: After the Fight
8/0
The fourth and final installment about the production of "Raging Bull."
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Raging Bull: After the Fight
2005
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
8/1
The third part about the production of "Raging Bull."
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Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
2001
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
7.368/19
A retrospective documentary on the making of Cape Fear (1991) and Cape Fear (1962).
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The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2005
The Eye of the Beholder
0/0
A series of interviews about the film Peeping Tom (1960). It includes a rare interview with Karlheinz Böhm talking about his role and its subsequent e...
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The Eye of the Beholder
2004
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
7.2/4
DVD featurette about the making of Martin Scorsese's "After Hours."
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Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
2006
Edge of Outside
5.8/4
An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and...
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Edge of Outside
2019
At the Video Store
10/1
Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for the...
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At the Video Store
2014
Inside Rupert Pupkin
0/0
Thelma Schoonmaker on Martin Scorsese and 'The King of Comedy'
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Inside Rupert Pupkin
2012
Bad 25
7.287/75
Spike Lee pays tribute to Michael Jackson's Bad on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the epochal album, offering behind-the-scenes footage of Jackson re...
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Bad 25
2004
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
6/2
A documentary that presents a brief yet detailed account on the making of Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" (1990), the successful film that redefined th...
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Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
2024
Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
5/1
Discover the unrealised visions and passion projects of revered British filmmaker Michael Powell, in this fascinating documentary featuring Oscar-winn...
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Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
1990
The Scorsese Machine
8/2
Amazing documentary shows rarely seen side of a master director. 1990 was a very good year for Martin Scorsese. After making a diverse group of films...
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The Scorsese Machine
2001
Painting with Light
0/0
An examination of the great advances in cinematography achieved by Jack Cardiff.
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Painting with Light
1993
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
7/3
A documentary about the making of director Martin Scorsese's 1993 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Age of Innocenc...
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Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
1998
Glorious Technicolor
6.9/14
The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.
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Glorious Technicolor
2010
Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
0/0
Interview with director Michael Powell’s widow, editor Thelma Schoonmaker Powell, from the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
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Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
2012
Optimism and Sheer Will
0/0
An interview with Thelma Schoonmaker Powell about Powell and Pressburger's 1943 film THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP.
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Optimism and Sheer Will
2004
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
7.333/3
Editing is more than just assembling shots in a certain order, it's an art form, and this documentary celebrates the craft and how it has grown and ev...
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Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
2020
The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
7/2
Join legendary director Martin Scorsese, and acting icons Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino as we go behind the scenes of their universally acc...
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The Collaboration of a Lifetime: Scorsese's Epic The Irishman
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
6.645/39
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first...
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2017
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
6/1
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Martin Scorsese's "Silence."
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Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
2005
Michael Powell
0/0
The first episode of a new arts documentary program from BBC Scotland was dedicated to Michael Powell in his centenary year. The program interviews ma...
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Michael Powell
1988
Movies Are My Life
6.75/4
The very first full-length documentary on Scorsese offers an invaluable look at how he was perceived by his colleagues, and himself, in 1977. Catching...
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Movies Are My Life
Invisible Women
10/1
Documentary feature on amazing women film editors
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Invisible Women
2026
Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration
0/0
New documentary featuring Scorsese, actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone, author David Grann, Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Be...
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Killers of the Flower Moon: A Historic Collaboration
2026
Dog with a Movie Camera
0/0
A group of middle-aged men dressed as the Nazi high command gather in London to attempt a crucial experiment: making the first film entirely shot by a...
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