Zach Staenberg

Editor. Born 1 August 1951 in USA.

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Born

1 August 1951, USA

Active

1996–1999

Frequent collaborators

Bill Pope, Don Davis, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski

Biography

Zach Staenberg is an American film editor. He edited the Wachowskis' debut feature Bound (1996) and went on to edit their Matrix trilogy (The Matrix in 1999, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions in 2003).

Staenberg won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for The Matrix (1999) and two American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards, one for The Matrix and one for the HBO film Gotti (1996), for which he was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. He has collaborated extensively with the Wachowskis and with director Andrew Niccol.

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Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Zach Staenberg is known for In Time (2011), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Matrix Revolutions (2003), Ender's Game (2013), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Lord of War (2005), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) and Police Academy (1984).

The Matrix

1999 · Editor

Bound

1996 · Editor