#475 – Cut/daily Meets... Editor William Goldenberg, ACE

Editor William Goldenberg's list of credits and editorial achievements is beyond impressive.

• Nominated for five Oscars.
• One of only three editors to be nominated twice in the same year.
• Won the Academy Award, BAFTA, and ACE Eddie for Best Editing on Argo.
• Worked with directors Kathryn Bigelow, Michael Mann, Paul Greengrass, Ben Affleck, Michael Bay, Peter Landesman, Angelina Jolie and many more!

His 45 notable editor credits include:

• Heat
• Pleasantville
• The Insider
• Ali
• Seabiscuit
• National Treasure
• Miami Vice
• Gone Baby Gone
• Argo
• Zero Dark Thirty
• The Imitation Game
• Unbroken
• Detroit
• 22 July
• News of the World
• Air
• The Instigators
• The Lost Bus

He's the editor's editor!

So I was delighted to have the chance to chat with him from his Soho edit suite about his latest collaboration with director Paul Greengrass on The Lost Bus, what it was like to work with Steven Spielberg's editor Michael Kahn, and how he made the leap into directing his own first feature film, Unstoppable (2024).

The Lost Bus is available now on Apple TV+

Watch the interview to hear our full conversation or read on for some of my favourite moments from my chat with Billy.

Including:

• How editing a bad movie made his career
• Three strategies for condensing a long film
• What he looked for when hiring an editor to cut his first directorial effort