Started his career as film editor under the supervision of editor
Michael Kahn. They were both nominated at the 2013's Oscar in the Best Editing category - Goldenberg with two nominations, one for
Argo (2012) and another for
Zero Dark Thirty (2012), while Kahn was nominated for
Lincoln (2012). Goldenberg beat his master by winning his first Oscar for
Argo (2012), though Kahn already had 3 Oscars.