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{{short description|American film editor (born 1959)}}
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| name               = William Goldenberg
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1959|11|02}}
| birth_place        = United States
| occupation         = [[Film editor]]
}}

'''William Goldenberg''' (born November 2, 1959) is an American [[film editor]] and [[Film director|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 film)|Argo]]'' (2012), and has been nominated for ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]'' (1999), ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]'' (2003), ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' (2012) and ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' (2014). He has also received nominations for nine other editing-related awards.<ref>{{IMDb name|0325549}}</ref>

Goldenberg has had [[List of film director and editor collaborations|extended, notable collaborations]] with directors [[Michael Mann (director)|Michael Mann]] and [[Ben Affleck]].

Goldenberg has been elected to membership in the [[American Cinema Editors]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080218035827/http://www.ace-filmeditors.org/newace/dir_Mem.html "American Cinema Editors > Members"], webpage archived by WebCite from [http://www.ace-filmeditors.org/newace/dir_Mem.html this original URL] on 2008-03-04.</ref> He made his directorial debut with ''[[Unstoppable (2024 film)|Unstoppable]]'' (2024). 

==Filmography (selected)==
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'''Editor'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Alive (1993 film)|Alive]]''
| [[Frank Marshall (producer)|Frank Marshall]]
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[The Puppet Masters (film)|The Puppet Masters]]''
| Stuart Orme
|
|-
| rowspan=3|1995
| ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]''
| [[Michael Mann (director)|Michael Mann]]
|
|-
| ''Body Language''
| [[Tom Berenger]]
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Citizen X]]''
| [[Chris Gerolmo]]
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]''
| [[Renny Harlin]]
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Pleasantville (film)|Pleasantville]]''
| [[Gary Ross]]
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]''
| Michael Mann
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Coyote Ugly (film)|Coyote Ugly]]''
| [[David McNally (director)|David McNally]]
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Ali (film)|Ali]]''
| Michael Mann
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2003
| ''[[Kangaroo Jack]]''
| David McNally
|
|-
| ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]''
| Gary Ross
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[National Treasure (film)|National Treasure]]''
| [[Jon Turteltaub]]
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Domino (2005 film)|Domino]]''
| [[Tony Scott]]
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Miami Vice (film)|Miami Vice]]''
| Michael Mann
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2007
| ''[[National Treasure: Book of Secrets]]''
| Jon Turteltaub
|
|-
| ''[[Gone Baby Gone]]''
| [[Ben Affleck]]
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Confessions of a Shopaholic (film)|Confessions of a Shopaholic]]''
| [[P.J. Hogan]]
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010 film)|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]''
| Jon Turteltaub
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]''
| [[Michael Bay]]
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2012
| ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]''
| Ben Affleck
|
|-
| ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''
| [[Kathryn Bigelow]]
|
|-
| rowspan=3|2014
| ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction]]''
| Michael Bay
|
|-
| ''[[The Imitation Game]]''
| [[Morten Tyldum]]
|
|-
| ''[[Unbroken (film)|Unbroken]]''
| [[Angelina Jolie]]
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Concussion (2015 film)|Concussion]]''
| [[Peter Landesman]]
|
|-
| 2016
| [[Live by Night (film)|''Live by Night'']]
| Ben Affleck
|
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Detroit (film)|Detroit]]''
| Kathryn Bigelow
|
|-
| 2018
| ''[[22 July (film)|22 July]]''
| [[Paul Greengrass]]
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[[6 Underground (film)|6 Underground]]''
| Michael Bay
|
|-
| 2020
| ''[[News of the World (film)|News of the World]]''
| Paul Greengrass
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[The Outfit (2022 film)|The Outfit]]''
| [[Graham Moore (writer)|Graham Moore]]
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2023
| ''[[Air (2023 American film)|Air]]''
| Ben Affleck
| 
|-
| ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]''
| [[Steven Caple Jr.]] 
|
|}

'''Director'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Unstoppable (2024 film)|Unstoppable]]''
|Directorial debut
|}

'''Other credits'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
| 2024
| ''The Greatest Love Story Never Told''
| Special thanks
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Award/Nomination
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Citizen X]]''
|Nominated—[[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special - Single Camera Production]]
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Pleasantville (film)|Pleasantville]]''
| Nominated—[[Satellite Award for Best Editing]]
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]''
| Nominated—[[Academy Award for Best Film Editing]]<br>Nominated—[[American Cinema Editors|ACE Eddie]] for [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic]]<br>Nominated—[[Satellite Award for Best Editing]]
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]''
| Nominated—[[Academy Award for Best Film Editing]]<br>Nominated—[[American Cinema Editors|ACE Eddie]] for [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic]]<br>Nominated—[[Satellite Award for Best Editing]]
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Miami Vice (film)|Miami Vice]]''
| Nominated—[[Satellite Award for Best Editing]]
|-
| rowspan=2|2012
| ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]''
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing]]<br>[[American Cinema Editors|ACE Eddie]] for [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic]]<br>[[BAFTA Award for Best Editing]]<br>[[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing]]<br>[[San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2012|San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award]] for Best Film Editing<br>Nominated—[[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2012|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Editing]]<br>Nominated—[[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing]]<br>Nominated—[[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2012#Best Editing|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Best Editing]]<br>Nominated—[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2012|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award]] for Best Editing
|-
| ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2012|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Editing]]<br>[[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Editing]]<br>[[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2012#Best Editing|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Best Editing]]<br>[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2012|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award]] for Best Editing<br>Nominated—[[Academy Award for Best Film Editing]]<br>Nominated—[[BAFTA Award for Best Editing]]<br>Nominated—[[18th Critics' Choice Awards#Best Editing|Critics' Choice Award for Best Editing]]<br>Nominated—[[Satellite Award for Best Editing]]
|-
|rowspan=2| 2014
| ''[[The Imitation Game]]''
| Nominated—[[Academy Award for Best Film Editing]]<br>Nominated—[[American Cinema Editors|ACE Eddie]] for [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic]]<br>Nominated—[[BAFTA Award for Best Editing]]<br>Nominated—[[Satellite Award for Best Editing]]
|-
| ''[[Unbroken (film)|Unbroken]]''
| Nominated—[[Saturn Award for Best Editing]]
|-
|}

==See also==

*[[List of film director and editor collaborations]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite news |title=On Location: Busy 'Argo' editor turns footage into breathless action |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2012-nov-29-la-en-on-location-argo-20121129-story.html |last=Lytal |first=Christy |date=November 29, 2012 |work=The Los Angeles Times}} Lytal's interview with Goldenberg.

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