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Thelma Schoonmaker (born January 3, 1940) is an American Academy Award-winning film editor who has worked with director Martin Scorsese for over thirty-five years. She has edited many of Scorsese's masterpiece films such as Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The King of Comedy, After Hours, Casino, Gangs of New York and The Departed. Schoonmaker has received six Academy Award nominations, and has won three times (for editing Raging Bull, The Aviator, and The Departed). January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Martin Luciano Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an iconic, critically acclaimed American film director. ...
Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Paul Schrader, and Mardik Martin. ...
Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ...
The King of Comedy is a 1983 film directed by Martin Scorsese starring Robert De Niro. ...
After Hours is an American comedy thriller film released in 1985, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Joseph Minion. ...
Casino is a 1995 movie directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi and Larry Shandling. ...
Gangs of New York is a 2002 film set in the middle 19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. ...
The Departed is a Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated 2006 American film by director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and Ray Winstone. ...
Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...
Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Paul Schrader, and Mardik Martin. ...
The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ...
The Departed is a Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated 2006 American film by director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and Ray Winstone. ...
Schoonmaker was married to director Michael Powell from May 19, 1984 until his death in 1990. Since his death Schoonmaker has been dedicated to preserving the films and honoring the legacy of her husband, who directed the classic film, The Red Shoes.[1][2] The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...
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Background
Thelma Schoonmaker became a film editor in a rather round about way and not necessarily by design. Schoonmaker's father was employed by the Standard Oil Company and worked abroad.[3] Thus she was born in Algeria to American expatriates and raised in various countries, including on the Caribbean island of Aruba.[4][3] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Film editing. ...
Standard Oil was an oil refining organization founded by John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) and partners beginning in 1863. ...
Schoonmaker did not move to the United States until she was a teenager in 1955 and was initially alienated and dumbfounded by American culture that she had, thus far, not been a part of.[3] Schoonmaker was initially interested in a career in international diplomacy and began attending Cornell University in 1957, where she studied political science and the new novelty, the Russian language. She even attended classes taught by Vladimir Nabokov. When she graduated from Cornell in 1961, she began taking State Department tests (designed to rattle applicants) in order for the U.S. government to weed out radicals.[2][3] Being politically inclined and opinionated, Schoonmaker expressed distaste for the South African policy of Apartheid, a stance which didn't sit well with those giving the State Department tests.[3][5] So Schoonmaker switched gears and began taking a course in primitive art. Cornell redirects here. ...
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Russian: ВладиÌмир ВладиÌмирович ÐабоÌков, pronounced ) (April 22, 1899 [O.S. April 10], Saint Petersburg – July 2, 1977, Montreux) was a Russian-American author. ...
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At that point, she saw a rare and unique employment advertisement in the New York Times in search of an "assistant film editor" to which she responded and got the job. The job entailed assisting an "editor" who was butchering up classic European films (such as those by Francois Truffaut, Jean Luc Godard and Federico Fellini) for U.S. television broadcasts, in particular, by randomly cutting out as much as entire reels to bring the running time down.[3] Besides being revolted by the process of cutting important filmic works of art in such a callous manner, Schoomaker nonetheless picked up many technical skills, including negative cutting, which would come in handy later. The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ...
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It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Film editing. ...
François Roland Truffaut (February 6, 1932–October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ...
Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard (born December 3, 1930) was one of the most influential members of the nouvelle vague. ...
Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was one of the most influential and widely revered Italian film-makers of the 20th century and is considered to be one of the finest film directors of all time. ...
Negative Cutting (also known as Negative Matching and Negative Conforming) is the process of cutting motion picture negative to match precisely the final edit as specified by the film editor. ...
Thelma Schoonmaker then signed up for a brief six-week course in filmmaking at New York University (NYU). There she had the luck to run into young budding filmmaker Martin Scorsese who was struggling to get his film What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? into shape; apparently a negative cutter had butchered his film, not leaving enough crucial negative frames to allow for hot splicing. The young director was in quite a pickle. The film professor asked Schoonmaker to help Scorsese out, a very lucky happenstance that put her in close proximity to the man who would arguably be among the best American film directors of all time; their close working relationship has unfolded over the past thirty-five years and the rest is cinema history.[3] It has been suggested that film production be merged into this article or section. ...
New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ...
The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...
Martin Luciano Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an iconic, critically acclaimed American film director. ...
Whats 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 Universitys Tisch School of the Arts. ...
Negative Cutting (also known as Negative Matching and Negative Conforming) is the process of cutting motion picture negative to match precisely the final edit as specified by the film editor. ...
The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...
The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...
Schoomaker also met director Michael Wadleigh when she was at NYU and would edit his generation-defining music festival documentary, Woodstock. Thelma Schoonmaker's first major film editing on Woodstock garnered her an Academy Award nomination for Best Editing. Schoonmaker's crafty use of techniques such as superimpositions and freeze frames brought the music to life and added to the film's wide appeal, thus helping to raise documentary filmmaking to a new level of artistry.[6] The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...
Michael Wadleigh (born September 24, 1941) is an American movie director and cinematographer renowned for his groundbreaking documentary of the 1969 Woodstock Festival. ...
A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ...
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Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...
The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ...
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A freeze frame shot is used when one shot is printed in a single frame several times, in order to make an interesting illusion of a still photograph. ...
A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ...
Ironically however, Thelma Schoonmaker had a difficult start to her editing career as joining the union has always been challenging and the film industry has also largely been a "restrictive" boys club.[1][4] This twelve year gap between working on Scorsese's student films and editing his masterpiece, Raging Bull can thus be accounted for. Nonetheless Thelma Schoonmaker helped to shatter some film industry glass ceilings, proving not only that women can edit films but that women can edit GREAT films; and in doing so, she has managed to gather one of the most impressive lists of film editing credits in the entire history of the industry. Variety's Eileen Kowalski notes that, "Indeed, many of the editorial greats have been women: Dede Allen, Verna Fields, Thelma Schoonmaker, Anne V. Coates and Dorothy Spencer."[7] The Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG) 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. ...
Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Paul Schrader, and Mardik Martin. ...
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The term glass ceiling most commonly refers to the condition in which top-level management in businesses is dominated by men. ...
Film editing is the connecting of one or more shots to form a sequence, and the subsequent connecting of sequences to form an entire movie. ...
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Anne V. Coates (born 12 December 1925) is a Academy Award winning British film editor with a 40-year-plus career in film editing. ...
Dorothy Spencer (born 2 February 1909) in Covington, Kentucky, United States, was the multiple Academy Award-nominated American film editor most recognized for editing several of director John Fords films such as what film critic Roger Ebert calls, Fords greatest Western,[1]My Darling Clementine, as well as...
Trivia Thelma Schoonmaker was introduced by Martin Scorsese to her husband, film director Michael Powell and they shared ten happy years together.[5] Martin Luciano Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an iconic, critically acclaimed American film director. ...
The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...
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Thelma Schoonmaker 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."[1]
Selected Filmography
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Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Paul Schrader, and Mardik Martin. ...
The King of Comedy is a 1983 film directed by Martin Scorsese starring Robert De Niro. ...
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Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ...
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Gangs of New York is a 2002 film set in the middle 19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. ...
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The Departed is a Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated 2006 American film by director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and Ray Winstone. ...
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Academy Awards and Nominations - 1971 - Woodstock (nominated) Academy Award - Best Achievement in Film Editing
- 1981 - Raging Bull (won) Academy Award - Best Achievement in Film Editing
- 1991 - Goodfellas (nominated) Academy Award - Best Achievement in Film Editing
- 2003 - Gangs of New York (nominated) Academy Award - Best Achievement in Film Editing
- 2005 - The Aviator (won) Academy Award - Best Achievement in Film Editing
- 2007 - The Departed (won) Academy Award - Best Achievement in Film Editing
This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Paul Schrader, and Mardik Martin. ...
Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ...
Gangs of New York is a 2002 film set in the middle 19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. ...
The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ...
The Departed is a Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated 2006 American film by director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and Ray Winstone. ...
Other Awards and Nominations Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Paul Schrader, and Mardik Martin. ...
Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) 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. ...
Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Paul Schrader, and Mardik Martin. ...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...
The King of Comedy is a 1983 film directed by Martin Scorsese starring Robert De Niro. ...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...
Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ...
Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) 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. ...
Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...
Cape Fear is a 1991 film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...
Casino is a 1995 movie directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi and Larry Shandling. ...
Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) 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. ...
Gangs of New York is a 2002 film set in the middle 19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. ...
Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) 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. ...
Gangs of New York is a 2002 film set in the middle 19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. ...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...
Gangs of New York is a 2002 film set in the middle 19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. ...
The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. ...
The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ...
Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) 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. ...
The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...
The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ...
The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ...
The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. ...
The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ...
The Departed is a Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated 2006 American film by director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and Ray Winstone. ...
Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) 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. ...
The Departed is a Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated 2006 American film by director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and Ray Winstone. ...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...
The Departed is a Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated 2006 American film by director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and Ray Winstone. ...
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