
Thelma Schoonmaker
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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).
Known for
Credits

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Editor

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Editor

Shutter Island (2010)
Editor

GoodFellas (1990)
Editor

The Departed (2006)
Editor

Casino (1995)
Editor

The Irishman (2019)
Editor

The Aviator (2004)
Editor

Raging Bull (1980)
Editor

Gangs of New York (2002)
Editor

Hugo (2011)
Editor

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Editor

Silence (2016)
Editor

Cape Fear (1991)
Editor

The King of Comedy (1982)
Editor

The Snowman (2017)
Editor

Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Editor

The Age of Innocence (1993)
Editor

The Color of Money (1986)
Editor

After Hours (1985)
Editor

New York Stories (1989)
Editor

Kundun (1997)
Editor

Learning to Drive (2014)
Editor

Woodstock (1970)
Editor

Street Scenes 1970 (1970)
Editor

Grace of My Heart (1996)
Editor

What Happens at Night (—)
Editor

Who's That Knocking at My Door (1968)
Editor
Midnight Vendetta (—)
Editor

Rockshow (2013)
Editor
Untitled Hawaiian Gangster Project (—)
Editor

My Voyage to Italy (1999)
Editor

Bombay Velvet (2015)
Editor

Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World (1979)
Editor

Made in Milan (1990)
Editor

The Virgin President (1968)
Editor

Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1967)
Editor





