Thelma Schoonmaker 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 Film 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.
Schoonmaker started working with Scorsese on his debut feature film, Who's That Knocking at My Door , and has edited all of his films since Raging Bull . She has received eight nominations for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, winning three—for Raging Bull, The Aviator , and The Departed , both records.
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“Ah, but they aren't violent until I've edited them.”
When asked how it was that such a nice lady could edit Scorsese's violent gangster pictures. During lecture to students at Canterbury Christ Church University, November 25, 2009 http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Trips/Canterbury/20091125.html
Oscar-winning editor arrives with 'Departed', July 30, 2007, Debruge, Peter, Variety http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117969221.html?categoryId=2160&cs=1,
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