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Thelma Schoonmaker (born 3 January ) is an American three-time Academy Award
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
-winning film editor who has worked with director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese

Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning American filmmaker, screenwriter, film producer, and film historian. Also affectionately known as "Marty", he is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation and a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Gol...
 for over thirty-five years. She has edited many of Scorsese's films, such as Raging Bull, The Aviator
The Aviator

The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
, Goodfellas
Goodfellas

Goodfellas is a crime film drama film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese....
, The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)

The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 in film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the controversial 1951 in literature The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis....
, The King of Comedy
The King of Comedy (1983 film)

The King of Comedy is a feature film made in 1981 starring Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis, and directed by Martin Scorsese. It was released in Iceland on December 19, 1982 and subsequently, on February 18, 1983 in the United States by 20th Century Fox....
, After Hours
After Hours (film)

After Hours is an Cinema of the United States black comedy film 1985 in film, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Joseph Minion. It depicts a New York City, Paul Hackett , who experiences a series of adventures and perils in trying to make his way home from SoHo....
, Casino
Casino (film)

Casino is an Academy Award nominated 1995 in film crime film drama film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese....
, Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York is a 2002 in film USA historical film crime film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points, Manhattan district of New York City....
 and The Departed
The Departed

The Departed is a Cinema of the United States crime film-thriller film remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs....
 and the documentary The Last Waltz
The Last Waltz

The Last Waltz was a rock concert by the Canadian-American rock group, The Band, held on Thanksgiving , November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco....
. Schoonmaker has received six Academy Award nominations, and has won three times (for editing Raging Bull, The Aviator
The Aviator

The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
, and The Departed
The Departed

The Departed is a Cinema of the United States crime film-thriller film remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs....
).

Schoonmaker was married to director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 Michael Powell
Michael Powell (director)

Michael Latham Powell was a British people film director, renowned for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger which produced a series of classic British films under the aegis of "Powell and Pressburger."...
 from 19 May until his death in .






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Thelma Schoonmaker (born 3 January ) is an American three-time Academy Award
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
-winning film editor who has worked with director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese

Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning American filmmaker, screenwriter, film producer, and film historian. Also affectionately known as "Marty", he is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation and a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Gol...
 for over thirty-five years. She has edited many of Scorsese's films, such as Raging Bull, The Aviator
The Aviator

The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
, Goodfellas
Goodfellas

Goodfellas is a crime film drama film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese....
, The Last Temptation of Christ
The Last Temptation of Christ (film)

The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 in film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the controversial 1951 in literature The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis....
, The King of Comedy
The King of Comedy (1983 film)

The King of Comedy is a feature film made in 1981 starring Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis, and directed by Martin Scorsese. It was released in Iceland on December 19, 1982 and subsequently, on February 18, 1983 in the United States by 20th Century Fox....
, After Hours
After Hours (film)

After Hours is an Cinema of the United States black comedy film 1985 in film, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Joseph Minion. It depicts a New York City, Paul Hackett , who experiences a series of adventures and perils in trying to make his way home from SoHo....
, Casino
Casino (film)

Casino is an Academy Award nominated 1995 in film crime film drama film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese....
, Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York is a 2002 in film USA historical film crime film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points, Manhattan district of New York City....
 and The Departed
The Departed

The Departed is a Cinema of the United States crime film-thriller film remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs....
 and the documentary The Last Waltz
The Last Waltz

The Last Waltz was a rock concert by the Canadian-American rock group, The Band, held on Thanksgiving , November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco....
. Schoonmaker has received six Academy Award nominations, and has won three times (for editing Raging Bull, The Aviator
The Aviator

The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
, and The Departed
The Departed

The Departed is a Cinema of the United States crime film-thriller film remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs....
).

Schoonmaker was married to director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 Michael Powell
Michael Powell (director)

Michael Latham Powell was a British people film director, renowned for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger which produced a series of classic British films under the aegis of "Powell and Pressburger."...
 from 19 May until his death in . Since his death Schoonmaker has been dedicated to preserving the films and honoring the legacy of her husband, who directed many classic films, including The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes (film)

The Red Shoes is a United Kingdom feature film about ballet, written, directed and produced by the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, known collectively as Powell and Pressburger....
. She was introduced to Michael Powell by Martin Scorsese and London based film producer Frixos Constantine.

Background

Thelma Schoonmaker's father Bertram was employed as a clerical worker by the Standard Oil Company and worked abroad. She was born in Algiers, Algeria
Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
 to American expatriates and raised in various countries, including on the Dutch
Kingdom of the Netherlands

From 1830 to 1954, the "Kingdom of the Netherlands" referred to the Netherlands Kingdom and its colonial possessions.Suriname was a constituent nation within the Kingdom from 1954 to 1975....
-Caribbean
Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
 island of Aruba
Aruba

Aruba is a -long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, north of the Paraguan? Peninsula, Falc?n State, Venezuela. Together with Bonaire and Cura?ao it forms a group referred to as the ABC islands of the Leeward Antilles, the southern island chain of the Lesser Antilles....
.

Schoonmaker did not live in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 until she was a teenager in 1955, and was initially alienated and dumbfounded by American culture. Schoonmaker was interested in a career in international diplomacy and began attending Cornell University
Cornell University

Cornell University located in Ithaca, New York, USA, is a private university with four Statutory college. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar....
 in 1957, where she studied political science
Political science

Political science is a social science concerned with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior....
 and the Russian language
Russian language

Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
. (She attended classes taught by Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a Multilingualism Russian-American novelist and short story writer.Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian language, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist....
.) When she graduated from Cornell in 1961, she began taking State Department tests in order to apply for positions in the U.S. government. Being politically inclined and opinionated, Schoonmaker expressed distaste for the South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
n policy of apartheid, a stance which didn't sit well with those administering the State Department tests. In reaction to this experience, Schoonmaker switched gears and began taking a course in primitive art
Art

Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music and literature....
.

At that point, she saw an employment advertisement in The New York Times
The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"?named for its staid appearance and style?is regarded as a national newspaper of record....
 which sought an "assistant film editor" to which she responded and got the job. The job entailed assisting an "editor" who was randomly cutting frames from classic European films, (such as those by François Truffaut
François Truffaut

Fran?ois Roland Truffaut was an influential filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave; and remains an icon of the Cinema of France industry....
, Jean Luc Godard and Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini, Italian orders of merit was an Italy film director. Known for a distinct style which meshes fantasy and baroque images, he is considered as one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century....
), so that their length would conform to the running times of U.S. television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 broadcasts. Although she was revolted by the callousness of the editor's methods, Schoonmaker nonetheless picked up important technical skills, including negative cutting
Negative cutting

Negative Cutting is the process of cutting motion picture negative to match precisely the final edit as specified by the film editor. Original camera negative is cut with scissors and joined using a film splicer and film cement....
.

Schoonmaker signed up for a brief six-week course in filmmaking
Filmmaking

Filmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story idea or commission through scriptwriting, shooting, editing and finally distribution to an audience....
 at New York University
New York University

New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
 (NYU), where she came into contact with budding young filmmaker Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese

Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese is an Academy Award-winning American filmmaker, screenwriter, film producer, and film historian. Also affectionately known as "Marty", he is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation and a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Gol...
, who was struggling to complete his film What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?

What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? is a 1963 short film that Martin Scorsese created while a student at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts....
  A negative cutter had butchered his film, not leaving enough negative frames to allow for hot splicing. One of her film professors asked Schoonmaker to help Scorsese; a close working relationship with him has unfolded over the past thirty-five years.

At NYU Schoonmaker also met director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
 Michael Wadleigh
Michael Wadleigh

Michael Wadleigh is an United States movie director and cinematographer renowned for his groundbreaking documentary film of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, Woodstock ....
 and later edited his influential music festival documentary
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
, Woodstock. Her first major film editing work on Woodstock garnered Schoonmaker an Academy Award nomination for Best Editing
Academy Award for Film Editing

The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. The name of this award is occasionally changed; in 2008, it was listed as the Academy Award for Achievement in Film Editing....
. Her careful use of superimposition
Superimposition

In graphics, superimposition is the placement of an or video on top of an already-existing image or video, usually to add to the overall image effect, but also sometimes to conceal something ....
s and freeze frame
Freeze frame shot

A freeze frame shot is used when one shot is printed in a single Film frame several times, in order to make an interesting illusion of a still photography....
s brought the performances in the film to life, and added to the movie's wide appeal, thus helping to raise the artistry and visibility of documentary
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
 filmmaking to a new level.

Despite her obvious skill and talent, the early period of Schoonmaker's career was difficult; joining the Motion Picture Editors Guild
Motion Picture Editors Guild

The Motion Picture Editors Guild is the guild that represents freelance and staff motion picture film and television editors and other post-production professionals and story analysts throughout the United States....
 has always been challenging, and the film industry generally has been a restrictive boys club. Consequently, there was a twelve-year gap between her work on Scorsese's student films and her Oscar-winning work on his masterful Raging Bull.

Nonetheless Schoonmaker helped to shatter some film industry
Film industry

The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i.e. production company, Movie studio, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, Distribution ; and actors, film directors and other film crew....
 glass ceiling
Glass ceiling

In economics, the term glass ceiling refers to situations where the advancement of a qualified person within the hierarchy of an organization is stopped at a lower level because of some form of discrimination, most commonly sexism or racism, but since the term was coined, "glass ceiling" has also come to describe the limited advancement o...
s, and has amassed an impressive list of film editing
Film editing

Film editing is the process of selecting and joining together Shot , connecting the resulting Sequence , and ultimately creating a finished motion picture....
 credits. Varietys Eileen Kowalski notes that, "Indeed, many of the editorial greats have been women: Dede Allen
Dede Allen

Dede Allen is a three-time Academy Award-nominated American film editor, well-known "film editing doctor" to the major American movie studios and one of cinema's all-time celebrated "auteur" film editors....
, Verna Fields
Verna Fields

Verna Fields was an American film editor, film and television sound editor, educator, and entertainment industry executive. In the first phase of her career, from 1954 through about 1970, Fields mostly worked on smaller projects that gained little recognition....
, Thelma Schoonmaker, Anne V. Coates
Anne V. Coates

Anne V. Coates is an Academy Award winning United Kingdom film editor with a 40-year-plus career in film editing. She is perhaps best known as the editor of director David Lean's epic film, Lawrence of Arabia in 1962....
 and Dorothy Spencer
Dorothy Spencer

Dorothy Spencer was the multiple Academy Award-nominated American film editor most recognized for editing several of film director John Ford's films such as what film critic Roger Ebert calls, "Ford's greatest Western ,"My Darling Clementine, as well as having edited Ford's Stagecoach ....
."

Quote(s)

  • "You get to contribute so significantly in the editing room because you shape the movie and the performances," she says. "You help the director bring all the hard work of those who made the film to fruition. You give their work rhythm and pace and sometimes adjust the structure to make the film work -- to make it start to flow up there on the screen. And then it's very rewarding after a year's work to see people react to what you've done in the theater."


  • "... Editing is a lot about patience and discipline and just banging away at something, turning off the machine and going home at night because you're frustrated and depressed, and then coming back in the morning to try again."


Selected filmography


As film editor

  • Woodstock
  • Raging Bull
  • The King of Comedy
    The King of Comedy (1983 film)

    The King of Comedy is a feature film made in 1981 starring Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis, and directed by Martin Scorsese. It was released in Iceland on December 19, 1982 and subsequently, on February 18, 1983 in the United States by 20th Century Fox....
  • After Hours
    After Hours (film)

    After Hours is an Cinema of the United States black comedy film 1985 in film, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Joseph Minion. It depicts a New York City, Paul Hackett , who experiences a series of adventures and perils in trying to make his way home from SoHo....
  • Bad Michael Jackson
    Michael Jackson

    Michael Joseph Jackson is an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group....
     music video
    Music video

    A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a pop music or rock music song with lyrics. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings....
  • The Last Temptation of Christ
    The Last Temptation of Christ (film)

    The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 in film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the controversial 1951 in literature The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis....
  • New York Stories
    New York Stories

    New York Stories is an anthology film which was released in the United States in March of 1989 in film. The film consists of three shorts with the central theme being New York City....
     segment "Life Lessons"
  • Goodfellas
    Goodfellas

    Goodfellas is a crime film drama film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese....
  • Cape Fear
    Cape Fear (1991 film)

    Cape Fear is a 1991 in film thriller film, directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a remake of the Cape Fear and tells the story of a family man, a former public defender, whose family is threatened by a convicted rapist who wants vengeance for having been imprisoned for 14 years because of the lawyer's purposefully faulty legal defense tact...
  • The Age of Innocence
    The Age of Innocence (film)

    The Age of Innocence is a 1993 in film film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder, released by Columbia Pictures....
  • Casino
    Casino (film)

    Casino is an Academy Award nominated 1995 in film crime film drama film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese....
  • Grace of My Heart
    Grace of My Heart

    Grace of My Heart is a 1996 film written and directed by Allison Anders, set in the pop music world of the 1960s. The plot, which follows the personal life and career trajectory of its protagonist, Denise Waverly , may strongly parallel those of singer-songwriter Carole King....
  • Kundun
  • Bringing out the Dead
    Bringing Out the Dead

    Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 in film English language film directed by Martin Scorsese, and based on the novel by Joe Connelly . The film stars Nicolas Cage, Ving Rhames, John Goodman, Tom Sizemore and Patricia Arquette....
  • Gangs of New York
    Gangs of New York

    Gangs of New York is a 2002 in film USA historical film crime film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points, Manhattan district of New York City....
  • AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert De Niro (TV)
  • The Aviator
    The Aviator

    The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
  • The Departed
    The Departed

    The Departed is a Cinema of the United States crime film-thriller film remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs....
  • Ashecliffe
    Ashecliffe

    Ashecliffe, also known as Shutter Island, is an upcoming Cinema of the United States thriller directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio....


Other credits

  • The Kids Are Alright
    The Kids Are Alright

    The Kids Are Alright can refer to:*The Kids Are Alright *The Kids Are Alright **The Kids Are Alright *The Kids Are Alright , an episode from the American television series Ugly Betty...
     (special consultant)
  • Woodstock (1980) (assistant director & editor)


Academy Awards and nominations

  • - Woodstock (nominated) Academy Award - Best Achievement in Film Editing
  • - Raging Bull (won) Academy Award - Best Achievement in Film Editing
  • - Goodfellas
    Goodfellas

    Goodfellas is a crime film drama film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese....
     (nominated) Academy Award -     Best Achievement in Film Editing
  • - Gangs of New York
    Gangs of New York

    Gangs of New York is a 2002 in film USA historical film crime film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points, Manhattan district of New York City....
     (nominated) Academy Award -     Best Achievement in Film Editing
  • - The Aviator
    The Aviator

    The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
     (won) Academy Award -     Best Achievement in Film Editing
  • - The Departed
    The Departed

    The Departed is a Cinema of the United States crime film-thriller film remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs....
     (won) Academy Award -     Best Achievement in Film Editing


Other awards and nominations

  • - Raging Bull (1980) (won) American Cinema Editors
    American Cinema Editors

    Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing itself....
     ACE Eddie -     Best Edited Feature Film
  • - Raging Bull (1980) (won) BAFTA Film Award - Best Editing
  • - The King of Comedy
    The King of Comedy (1983 film)

    The King of Comedy is a feature film made in 1981 starring Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis, and directed by Martin Scorsese. It was released in Iceland on December 19, 1982 and subsequently, on February 18, 1983 in the United States by 20th Century Fox....
     (1982) (nominated) BAFTA Film Award -     Best Editing
  • - Goodfellas
    Goodfellas

    Goodfellas is a crime film drama film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese....
     (1990) (nominated) American Cinema Editors
    American Cinema Editors

    Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing itself....
     ACE Eddie -     Best Edited Feature Film
  • - Goodfellas
    Goodfellas

    Goodfellas is a crime film drama film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese....
     (1990) (won) BAFTA Film Award -     Best Editing
  • - Cape Fear
    Cape Fear (1991 film)

    Cape Fear is a 1991 in film thriller film, directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a remake of the Cape Fear and tells the story of a family man, a former public defender, whose family is threatened by a convicted rapist who wants vengeance for having been imprisoned for 14 years because of the lawyer's purposefully faulty legal defense tact...
     (nominated) BAFTA Film Award -     Best Editing
  • - Gotham Below the Line Award (won)
  • - Casino
    Casino (film)

    Casino is an Academy Award nominated 1995 in film crime film drama film film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese....
     (1995) (nominated) American Cinema Editors
    American Cinema Editors

    Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing itself....
     ACE Eddie -     Best Edited Feature Film
  • - Hollywood Film Festival - Hollywood Film Award (won)
  • - Gangs of New York
    Gangs of New York

    Gangs of New York is a 2002 in film USA historical film crime film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points, Manhattan district of New York City....
     (2002) (won) American Cinema Editors
    American Cinema Editors

    Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing itself....
     ACE Eddie -     Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
  • 2003 - Gangs of New York
    Gangs of New York

    Gangs of New York is a 2002 in film USA historical film crime film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points, Manhattan district of New York City....
     (2002) (nominated) BAFTA Film Award -     Best Editing
  • 2003 - Gangs of New York
    Gangs of New York

    Gangs of New York is a 2002 in film USA historical film crime film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points, Manhattan district of New York City....
     (2002) (won) Satellite Awards
    Satellite Awards

    The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards....
     Golden Satellite Award     Best Film Editing
  • - AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert De Niro (2003) (TV) (2004) (nominated) Emmy Award - Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
  • - The Aviator
    The Aviator

    The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
     (won) American Cinema Editors
    American Cinema Editors

    Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing itself....
     ACE Eddie -     Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
  • 2005 - The Aviator
    The Aviator

    The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
     (nominated) BAFTA Film Award -     Best Editing
  • 2005 - The Aviator
    The Aviator

    The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
     (won) Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards     Sierra Award - Best Editing
  • 2005 - The Aviator
    The Aviator

    The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
     (nominated) Satellite Awards
    Satellite Awards

    The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards....
     Golden Satellite Award     Best Film Editing
  • 2005 - The Aviator
    The Aviator

    The Aviator is an Cinema of the United States biographical film drama film, film director by Martin Scorsese and based on the life of Howard Hughes....
     (nominated) OFCS Award - Online Film Critics Society Awards     Best Editing
  • - The Departed
    The Departed

    The Departed is a Cinema of the United States crime film-thriller film remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs....
     (nominated) American Cinema Editors
    American Cinema Editors

    Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing itself....
     ACE Eddie -     Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
  • 2007 - The Departed
    The Departed

    The Departed is a Cinema of the United States crime film-thriller film remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs....
     (nominated) BAFTA Film Award -     Best Editing
  • 2007 - The Departed
    The Departed

    The Departed is a Cinema of the United States crime film-thriller film remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs....
     (nominated) OFCS Award - Online Film Critics Society Awards     Best Editing
  • 2007 - Made an honorary Fellow
    Fellow

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     of Canterbury Christ Church University
    Canterbury Christ Church University

    Canterbury Christ Church University is a New Universities in Canterbury, Kent, England....


External links

  • "The Last Temptation of Thelma" by Lan N. Nguyen
  • "Thelma Schoonmaker '61 to talk movies Nov. 19 at Cornell" By Daniel Aloi
  • By Daniel Aloi - Cornell University