Thelma Schoonmaker met Martin Scorsese when she was taking a brief six-week course at New York University's Tisch School. She was instantly charmed by the fledgling film student and decided to help edit a short he had just made entitled "What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?". A previous editor had massacred young Marty's film and so she thought it was a nice gesture. By 1970 the two edited Woodstock together but it would be another 10 years before they would meet again. Since 1980 the two have remained best friends and Schoonmaker has edited every Scorsese film since Raging Bull. Thelma Schoonmker has been nominated for six Academy Awards in the field of editing and has won three for the following films: Raging Bull, The Aviator and The Departed. Schoonmaker is set to edit Scorsese's highly anticipated Shutter Island.
An interview with Thelma Schoonmaker
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