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Thelma Schoonmaker

Editing
Known For

85 Years Old

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).

Born

Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria] on 3rd January 1940

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Bad 25
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Image
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
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Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
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Scorsese's GoodFellas Image
Scorsese's GoodFellas
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Edge of Outside
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The Key to Reserva Image
The Key to Reserva
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The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman Image
The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman
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Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas' Image
Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'
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Raging Bull: Outside the Ring Image
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring
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Inside Rupert Pupkin
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Michael Powell Image
Michael Powell
The Scorsese Machine Image
The Scorsese Machine
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Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence' Image
Innocence and Experience: The Making of 'The Age of Innocence'
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Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence Image
Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence
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Raging Bull: After the Fight Image
Raging Bull: After the Fight
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The Making of 'Cape Fear' Image
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
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Glorious Technicolor
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Painting with Light
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Raging Bull: Inside the Ring Image
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring
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Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours Image
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
Self - Editor
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At the Video Store
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The Eye of the Beholder
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Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'
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Optimism and Sheer Will
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Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell Image
Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell