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.
Staenberg won an Academy Award and two ACE Eddie Awards for editing The Matrix (1999) and HBO's Gotti (1996), for which he was also nominated for an Emmy.