Thelma Schoonmaker

ActorProducerEditorCrewProduction Jan 3 (age 86) Algiers, French Algeria [now Algeria] 1967–2026 (59 year career)

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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 K…

Known For

Film

Shutter Island

Editor

Film

The Wolf of Wall Street

Editor

Film

GoodFellas

Editor

Film

The Departed

Editor

Film

Casino

Editor

Film

The Irishman

Editor

Film

Raging Bull

Editor

Film

Gangs of New York

Editor

Filmography

Acting (27)

Movies (26)

A Historic Collaboration

2026

Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell

2024

The Collaboration Of A Lifetime: Scorsese’s Epic The Irishman

as Self

At the Video Store

as Self

Martin Scorsese's Journey Into Silence

2017

as Self

6.0

Scorsese's GoodFellas

2015

as Self

8.3

Inside Rupert Pupkin

2014

as Self

Bad 25

2012

as Self

7.3

Optimism and Sheer Will

2012

as Self

Thelma Schoonmaker Powell on 'The Red Shoes'

2010

as Self

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

as Self – Interviewee

The Key to Reserva

as Self (uncredited)

Edge of Outside

as Self

Raging Bull: Outside the Ring

2005

as Self

8.0

Michael Powell

2005

Raging Bull: Inside the Ring

2005

as Self

9.0

The Eye of the Beholder

2005

as Self

Raging Bull: After the Fight

2005

as Self

8.0

Getting Made: The Making of 'GoodFellas'

2004

as Self

5.0

Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing

2004

as Self

6.0

Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours

2004

as Self - Editor

7.0

Painting with Light

2001

as Self

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

as Self

Glorious Technicolor

as Self

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

as Self

The Scorsese Machine

as Self

Television (1)

Mr. Scorsese

2025

as Self

8.1

Crew (47)

Movies (45)

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024

Executive Producer

7.7

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023

Editor

7.4

"Echoes of the Soil": The Unsung Stars of Gone to Earth

Thanks

The Irishman

Editor

The Snowman

Editor

Silence

Editor

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Thanks

Bombay Velvet

Editor

Learning to Drive

Editor

The Wolf of Wall Street

Editor

Rockshow

Editor

Hugo

Editor

Shutter Island

Editor

The Key to Reserva

Editor

The Departed

Editor

The Aviator

Editor

Gangs of New York

Editor

The Neighborhood

Editorial Consultant

The Concert for New York City

2001

Editorial Consultant

4.8

Bringing Out the Dead

Editor

My Voyage to Italy

Editor

Kundun

Editor

Grace of My Heart

Editor

Casino

Editor

The Age of Innocence

Editor

Cape Fear

Editor

GoodFellas

Editor

Made in Milan

Editor

New York Stories

Editor

The Last Temptation of Christ

Editor

The Color of Money

Editor

After Hours

Editor

The King of Comedy

Editor

The King of Comedy

Production Supervisor

7.8

Raging Bull

1980

Editor

7.9

Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World

Editor

Woodstock

Assistant Director

Woodstock

Editor

Street Scenes 1970

Editor

Who's That Knocking at My Door

Editor

The Virgin President

Editor

Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake

1967

Editor

8.2

What Happens at Night

Editor

Untitled Hawaiian Gangster Project

Editor

Midnight Vendetta

Editor

Television (2)

The Right Stuff

2020

Consulting Producer

7.2

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

1995

Supervising Editor

8.4