---
name: "Zach Staenberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zach-staenberg"
fi1m_id: "zach-staenberg"
imdb_id: "nm0821205"
tmdb_id: 4671
wikidata_id: "Q139384"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 August 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-22T01:58:13.016403+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Zach Staenberg

## Identity

Zach Staenberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/zach-staenberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** zach-staenberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0821205
- **TMDB ID:** 4671
- **Wikidata ID:** Q139384
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Staenberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139384, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0821205/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4671

Editor. Born 1 August 1951 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 August 1951, USA
- **Active:** 1983–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Lana Wachowski](https://film.one/person/lana-wachowski.md), [Lilly Wachowski](https://film.one/person/lilly-wachowski.md), [Carrie-Anne Moss](https://film.one/person/carrie-anne-moss.md), [Hugo Weaving](https://film.one/person/hugo-weaving.md), [Joel Silver](https://film.one/person/joel-silver.md), [Keanu Reeves](https://film.one/person/keanu-reeves.md), [Laurence Fishburne](https://film.one/person/laurence-fishburne.md), [Jada Pinkett Smith](https://film.one/person/jada-pinkett-smith.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 69 (3), 1990s 84 (2), 2000s 57 (3), 2010s 52 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 63 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 5, Action 4, Crime 4, Thriller 4, Adventure 3, Drama 3
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,113m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Staenberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139384, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0821205/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4671

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Matrix*](https://film.one/film/the-matrix.md) (88), [*Lord of War*](https://film.one/film/lord-of-war.md) (65), [*The Matrix Reloaded*](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-reloaded.md) (60), [*The Matrix Revolutions*](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-revolutions.md) (46)
- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Bound*](https://film.one/film/bound.md) (80)
- **HBO Max:** [*Pacific Rim: Uprising*](https://film.one/film/pacific-rim-uprising.md) (52)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Pacific Rim: Uprising* (2018), Fi1m 52, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/pacific-rim-uprising.md)
- *Lord of War* (2005), Fi1m 65, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/lord-of-war.md)
- *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-reloaded.md)
- *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), Fi1m 46, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-revolutions.md)
- *The Matrix* (1999), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix.md)
- *Bound* (1996), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/bound.md)
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Fi1m 81, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)
- *Police Academy* (1984), Fi1m 62, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy.md)
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Fi1m 63, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *UNABOMBER* (2026), Editor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/unabomber.md)
- *The Killer* (2024), Editor
- *Silent Night* (2023), Editor, Co-Producer
- *American Night* (2021), Co-Producer, Editor
- *Ava* (2020), Editor
- *Pacific Rim: Uprising* (2018), Editor — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/pacific-rim-uprising.md)
- *Once Upon a Time in Venice* (2017), Editor
- *Sand Castle* (2017), Editor
- *Good Kill* (2015), Editor
- *Blackhat* (2015), Additional Editor
- *Modern Noir: The Sights & Sounds of 'Bound'* (2014), Thanks
- *Ender's Game* (2013), Editor
- *In Time* (2011), Editor
- *Bunraku* (2010), Editor
- *City of Ember* (2008), Editor
- *Speed Racer* (2008), Editor
- *Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan* (2007), Editor
- *Lord of War* (2005), Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/lord-of-war.md)
- *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), Editor — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-revolutions.md)
- *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-reloaded.md)
- *Final Flight of the Osiris* (2003), Supervising Editor
- *Antitrust* (2001), Editor
- *The Matrix* (1999), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix.md)
- *Phoenix* (1998), Editor
- *Bound* (1996), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bound.md)
- *Gotti* (1996), Editor
- *The Cisco Kid* (1994), Editor
- *Nowhere to Run* (1993), Editor
- *La Pastorela: The Shepherd's Tale* (1991), Editor
- *Eyes of an Angel* (1991), Editor
- *Conagher* (1991), Editor
- *Stripped to Kill* (1987), Editor
- *End of the Rainbow* (1986), Associate Producer, Editor
- *Rustlers' Rhapsody* (1985), Editor
- *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Additional Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md)
- *Police Academy* (1984), Editor — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/police-academy.md)
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)
- *China Lake* (1983), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2000: Best Film Editing (won), for *The Matrix*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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