Thelma Schoonmaker

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 Whos 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 threefor 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