Thelma Schoonmaker

American film editor

Thelma Colbert Schoonmaker (born January 3, 1940) is an Algerian-born American movie editor. She is known for working with director Martin Scorsese for over fifty years.[1]

Thelma Schoonmaker
Born
Thelma Colbert Schoonmaker[source?]

(1940-01-03) January 3, 1940 (age 84)
Alma materCornell University
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1966–present
SpouseMichael Powell (1984–1990; his death)

She started working with Scorsese on his first movie Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967), and edited all of Scorsese's movies since Raging Bull (1980). Schoonmaker has received seven Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing, and has won three times—for Raging Bull (1980), The Aviator (2004), and The Departed (2006).

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  1. Thelma Schoonmaker Profile Archived 2019-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, Turner Classic Movies Film Article; retrieved February 5, 2013.

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