Zach Staenberg
Zach Staenberg | |
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| Born | August 1951 (age 73) United States |
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| Years active | 1983-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.
Staenberg has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.[1]
Filmography
[edit]Feature films
[edit]| Year | Title | Functioned as | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Other | ||||
| 1981 | The Chosen | Yes | Jeremy Kagan | Assistant editor | |
| The Woman Inside | Yes | Joseph 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 | 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 | ||
| The Matrix Revolutions | Yes | ||||
| 2005 | Lord of War | Yes | Andrew Niccol | ||
| 2007 | Mongol | Yes | Sergei Bodrov | ||
| 2008 | Speed Racer | Yes | The Wachowskis | with Roger Barton | |
| City of Ember | Yes | Gil Kenan | |||
| 2010 | Bunraku | Yes | Guy Moshe | ||
| 2011 | In Time | Yes | Andrew Niccol | ||
| 2013 | Ender's Game | Yes | Gavin Hood | ||
| 2014 | Good Kill | Yes | Andrew 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 | Yes | Yes | Alessio Della Valle | Also co-producer |
| 2023 | Silent Night | Yes | Yes | John Woo | |
| 2024 | The Killer | Yes | |||
Short films
[edit]| Year | Title | Functioned as | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Other | ||||
| 1983 | China Lake | Yes | Yes | Robert Harmon | Also associate producer |
| End of the Rainbow | Yes | Yes | Laszlo Papas | ||
| 2022 | Glitch | Yes | Rebecca Berrih | Associate producer | |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Functioned as | Director | Notes | |
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| Editor | Other | ||||
| 1991 | Great Performances | Yes | Yes | 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 | Yes | Luis Valdez | ||
| 1996 | Gotti | Yes | Robert 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 | Yes | Robert Harmon | ||
Awards and nominations
[edit]| 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 |
| 2000 | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | The Matrix | Won | |
| British Academy Film Award | 2000 | Best Editing | 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.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.
- ^ "Once Upon a Time in America (1984)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
- ^ "The 75 Best Edited Films". Editors Guild Magazine. 1 (3). May 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17.
External links
[edit]- van Hook, Andrea (2004). "Zach Staenberg on The Matrix Trilogy", The Editors Guild Magazine Vol. 25, No. 1 (January–February 2005), archived at Webcite from this URL on 2008-05-05.
- Zach Staenberg at IMDb
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