William Goldenberg

William Goldenberg
Born	(1959-11-02) November 2, 1959 United States
Occupation	Film editor

William Goldenberg (born November 2, 1959) is an American film editor and director. He has more than twenty film and television credits since 1992. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the film Argo (2012), and has been nominated for The Insider (1999), Seabiscuit (2003), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and The Imitation Game (2014). He has also received nominations for nine other editing-related awards.

Goldenberg has had extended, notable collaborations with directors Michael Mann and Ben Affleck.

Goldenberg has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors. He made his directorial debut with Unstoppable (2024).

Filmography (selected)

Editor

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1993	Alive	Frank Marshall
1994	The Puppet Masters	Stuart Orme
1995	Heat	Michael Mann
	Body Language	Tom Berenger	TV movie
	Citizen X	Chris Gerolmo
1996	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Renny Harlin
1998	Pleasantville	Gary Ross
1999	The Insider	Michael Mann
2000	Coyote Ugly	David McNally
2001	Ali	Michael Mann
2003	Kangaroo Jack	David McNally
	Seabiscuit	Gary Ross
2004	National Treasure	Jon Turteltaub
2005	Domino	Tony Scott
2006	Miami Vice	Michael Mann
2007	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	Jon Turteltaub
	Gone Baby Gone	Ben Affleck
2009	Confessions of a Shopaholic	P.J. Hogan
2010	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Jon Turteltaub
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Michael Bay
2012	Argo	Ben Affleck
	Zero Dark Thirty	Kathryn Bigelow
2014	Transformers: Age of Extinction	Michael Bay
	The Imitation Game	Morten Tyldum
	Unbroken	Angelina Jolie
2015	Concussion	Peter Landesman
2016	Live by Night	Ben Affleck
2017	Detroit	Kathryn Bigelow
2018	22 July	Paul Greengrass
2019	6 Underground	Michael Bay
2020	News of the World	Paul Greengrass
2022	The Outfit	Graham Moore
2023	Air	Ben Affleck
	Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	Steven Caple Jr.

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2024	Unstoppable	Directorial debut

Other credits

Year	Title	Notes
2024	The Greatest Love Story Never Told	Special thanks

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Award/Nomination
1995	Citizen X	Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special - Single Camera Production
1998	Pleasantville	Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Editing
1999	The Insider	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing Nominated—ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Editing
2003	Seabiscuit	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing Nominated—ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Editing
2006	Miami Vice	Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Editing
2012	Argo	Academy Award for Best Film Editing ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic BAFTA Award for Best Editing San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film Editing Nominated—Boston Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Editing Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Best Editing Nominated—Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing
	Zero Dark Thirty	Boston Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Editing Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Best Editing Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing Nominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing Nominated—Critics' Choice Award for Best Editing Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Editing
2014	The Imitation Game	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Film Editing Nominated—ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Editing Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Editing
	Unbroken	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Editing

See also

• List of film director and editor collaborations

Further reading

• Lytal, Christy (November 29, 2012). "On Location: Busy 'Argo' editor turns footage into breathless action". The Los Angeles Times. Lytal's interview with Goldenberg.