Zach Staenberg

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Zach Staenberg
ACE
BornAugust 1951 (age 73)
United States
Occupations
  • Film editor
  • producer
Years active1983-present
Organization American Cinema Editors

Zach S. Staenberg, A.C.E. (born August 1951) is an American film editor and producer, best known for his work on action films and the Matrix Trilogy. Staenberg won an Academy Award and two ACE Eddie Award for the editing of The Matrix (1999) and for HBO's Gotti (1996) for which he was also nominated for an Emmy. The Matrix films were written and directed by the Wachowskis, with whom Staenberg has had an extended collaboration dating from 1996. He also works with directors Andrew Niccol, Robert Harmon, Edgar Wright, and John Woo.

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Staenberg has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors. [1]

Filmography

Feature films

YearTitleFunctioned asDirectorNotes
EditorOther
1981 The Chosen Yes Jeremy Kagan Assistant editor
The Woman Inside YesJoseph Van Winkle
1984 Police Academy Yes Hugh Wilson
Once Upon a Time in America Yes Sergio Leone U.S. re-edited version [2]
1985 Rustlers' Rhapsody YesHugh Wilson
1987 Stripped to Kill Yes Katt Shea with Bruce Stubblefield
1988 Blackout YesDoug Adams
1991 Eyes of an Angel Yes Robert Harmon
1993 Nowhere to Run YesRobert Harmon
1996 Bound Yes The Wachowskis
1998 Phoenix Yes Danny Cannon
1999 The Matrix YesThe Wachowskis
2001 Antitrust Yes Peter Howitt
2003 The Matrix Reloaded YesThe Wachowskis
The Matrix Revolutions Yes
2005 Lord of War Yes Andrew Niccol
2007 Mongol Yes Sergei Bodrov
2008 Speed Racer YesThe Wachowskiswith Roger Barton
City of Ember Yes Gil Kenan
2010 Bunraku YesGuy Moshe
2011 In Time YesAndrew Niccol
2013 Ender's Game Yes Gavin Hood
2014 Good Kill YesAndrew Niccol
2015 Blackhat Yes Michael Mann Additional editor
2017 Sand Castle Yes Fernando Coimbra
Once Upon a Time in Venice Yes Mark Cullen
2018 Pacific Rim: Uprising Yes Steven S. DeKnight
2020 Ava Yes Tate Taylor
2021 American Night YesYesAlessio Della ValleAlso co-producer
2023 Silent Night YesYes John Woo
2024 The Killer Yes

Short films

YearTitleFunctioned asDirectorNotes
EditorOther
1983 China Lake YesYes Robert Harmon Also associate producer
End of the RainbowYesYesLaszlo Papas
2022GlitchYesRebecca BerrihAssociate producer

Television

YearTitleFunctioned asDirectorNotes
EditorOther
1991 Great Performances YesYes Luis Valdez Episode: "La pastorela"
Also associate producer
Conagher |style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes Reynaldo Villalobos Television film
1994 The Cisco Kid YesLuis Valdez
1996 Gotti YesRobert Harmon
1997 Weapons of Mass Distraction |style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes Stephen Surjik
2000 The Crossing YesRobert Harmon

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryWorkResult
Academy Award 2000 Best Film Editing The Matrix Won
American Cinema Editors Award 1997 Best Edited Two-Hour Movie for Non-Commercial Television Gotti Nominated
2000 Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic The MatrixWon
British Academy Film Award 2000 Best Editing Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award 1997 Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie GottiNominated

In 2012, The Matrix was listed as the 25th best-edited film of all time in a 2012 survey of members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. [3]

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References

  1. "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.
  2. "Once Upon a Time in America (1984)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  3. "The 75 Best Edited Films". Editors Guild Magazine. 1 (3). May 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17.