Meet Thelma Schoonmaker: She has edited all of Martin Scorsese’s films since Raging Bull and has won three Academy Awards. Scorsese even played matchmaker by setting up Michael Powell romantically with his friend Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E., who became Powell’s bride and Scorsese’s longtime editor. She has collaborated with Scorsese on more than 20 projects over a career spanning 44 year. Here is
Here she is, Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese and Michael Wadleigh in the editing room of Woodstock (1970), another project of hers.
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