# Zach Staenberg

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

## Filmography
### Feature films

| Year | Title | Functioned as | Functioned as | Director | Notes |
| Year | Title | Editor | Other | Director | Notes |
| 1981 | The Chosen | Yes | | Jeremy Kagan | Assistant editor |
| 1981 | The Woman Inside | Yes | | Joseph Van Winkle | Assistant editor |
| 1984 | Police Academy | Yes | | Hugh Wilson | |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Yes | | Sergio Leone | U.S. re-edited version |
| 1985 | Rustlers' Rhapsody | Yes | | Hugh Wilson | |
| 1987 | Stripped to Kill | Yes | | Katt Shea | With Bruce Stubblefield |
| 1988 | Blackout | Yes | | Doug Adams | |
| 1991 | Eyes of an Angel | Yes | | Robert Harmon | |
| 1993 | Nowhere to Run | Yes | | Robert Harmon | |
| 1996 | Bound | Yes | | The Wachowskis | |
| 1998 | Phoenix | Yes | | Danny Cannon | |
| 1999 | The Matrix | Yes | | The Wachowskis | |
| 2001 | Antitrust | Yes | | Peter Howitt | |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded | Yes | | The Wachowskis | |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions | Yes | | The Wachowskis | |
| 2005 | Lord of War | Yes | | Andrew Niccol | |
| 2007 | Mongol | Yes | | Sergei Bodrov | |
| 2008 | Speed Racer | Yes | | The Wachowskis | With Roger Barton |
| 2008 | City of Ember | Yes | | Gil Kenan | |
| 2010 | Bunraku | Yes | | Guy Moshe | |
| 2011 | In Time | Yes | | Andrew Niccol | |
| 2013 | Ender's Game | Yes | | Gavin Hood | With Lee Smith |
| 2014 | Good Kill | Yes | | Andrew Niccol | |
| 2015 | Blackhat | Yes | | Michael Mann | Additional editor |
| 2017 | Sand Castle | Yes | | Fernando Coimbra | |
| 2017 | 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 | Yes | Yes | Alessio Della Valle | Also co-producer |
| 2023 | Silent Night | Yes | Yes | John Woo | Also co-producer |
| 2024 | The Killer | Yes | | John Woo | |

### Short films

| Year | Title | Functioned as | Functioned as | Director | Notes |
| Year | Title | Editor | Other | Director | Notes |
| 1983 | China Lake | Yes | Yes | Robert Harmon | Also associate producer |
| 1983 | End of the Rainbow | Yes | Yes | Laszlo Papas | Also associate producer |
| 2022 | Glitch | | Yes | Rebecca Berrih | Associate producer |

### Television

| Year | Title | Functioned as | Functioned as | Director | Notes |
| Year | Title | Editor | Other | Director | Notes |
| 1991 | Great Performances | Yes | Yes | Luis Valdez | Episode: "La pastorela"; also associate producer |
| 1991 | Conagher | Yes | | Reynaldo Villalobos | Television film |
| 1994 | The Cisco Kid | Yes | | Luis Valdez | Television film |
| 1996 | Gotti | Yes | | Robert Harmon | Television film |
| 1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Yes | | Stephen Surjik | Television film |
| 2000 | The Crossing | Yes | | Robert Harmon | Television film |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| 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 |
| American Cinema Editors Award | 2000 | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | The Matrix | Won |
| British Academy Film Award | 2000 | Best Editing | The Matrix | Nominated |
| Primetime Emmy Award | 1997 | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie | Gotti | Nominated |
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.