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] 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.