Peter Honess (born 1946) is an English film editor with more than thirty film credits dating from 1973. Honess received the 1997 BAFTA Award for Best Editing for his work on L.A. Confidential.
Education Honess was educated at Queen's College, Taunton from 1956 to 1963."Member Search" , Oldqueenians.com website. Information retrieved 2008-07-13.
Career He then became an apprentice editor at the United Kingdom branch of MGM, where his father was working. He moved to the United States in 1971, where he received his first editing credit for It's Alive! (1974), a cult horror film about a couple that become parents of a monster baby."Fine Cuts", The Hollywood Reporter, 1 March 2000. When Honess returned to the United Kingdom, he was again employed as an assistant editor. In all, Honess spent fifteen years as an assistant. Honess acknowledges the mentoring by British editors Tony Gibbs (Tom Jones) and Thelma Connell (Alfie), "Thelma was quite an extraordinary woman. I was absorbed by how she edited. She cut very, very fast. That was also true of Tony. He'd cut the film in his head at dailies." After a ten-year hiatus, Honess was hired to edit the films Memed, My Hawk (1984) and Champion (1984), and thereafter he has worked regularly as an editor.
Honess's recent filmography includes Rob Roy (1995), L.A. Confidential (1997), The Next Best Thing (2000), The Fast and the Furious (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Troy (2004), Aeon Flux (2005), Poseidon (2006), The Golden Compass (2007), I Love You, Beth Cooper (2008), Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2009), Burlesque (Cher's performance - 2010), Romeo & Juliet (2012), and Words and Pictures (2013).
Filmography Year Title Director Notes1973Hell Up in HarlemLarry CohenCo-edited with Franco Guerri1974It's Alive1979Yesterday's HeroNeil LeiferAssistant editor1980The Dogs of WarJohn Irvin1981RagtimeMiloš Forman1983The HungerTony Scott1984ChampionsJohn IrvinMemed, My HawkPeter UstinovElectric DreamsSteve Barron1985PlentyFred Schepisi1986HighlanderRussell Mulcahy1987The BelieversJohn Schlesinger1988Madame Sousatzka1989Next of KinJohn Irvin1990The Russia HouseFred Schepisi1991RicochetRussell Mulcahy1992Mr. BaseballFred Schepisi1993The Real McCoyRussell MulcahySix Degrees of SeparationFred Schepisi1994The ShadowRussell MulcahyCo-edited with Beth Jochem Besterveld1995Rob RoyMichael Caton-Jones1996Eye for an EyeJohn Schlesinger1997L.A. ConfidentialCurtis HansonBAFTA Award for Best EditingNominated — Academy Award for Best Film EditingNominated — ACE Eddie for Best Edited Feature FilmNominated — Satellite Award for Best Film Editing1998Mercury RisingHarold Becker2000The Next Best ThingJohn SchlesingerDisney's The KidJon TurteltaubCo-edited with David Rennie2001The Fast and the FuriousRob CohenDomestic DisturbanceHarold Becker2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsChris Columbus2004TroyWolfgang Petersen2005Æon FluxKaryn KusamaCo-edited with Plummy Tucker2006PoseidonWolfgang Petersen2007The Golden CompassChris WeitzCo-edited with Anne V. Coates and Kevin Tent2009I Love You, Beth CooperChris Columbus2010Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief2013Words and PicturesFred SchepisiRomeo & JulietCarlo Carlei
Awards Honess was nominated for an ACE Eddie Award for documentary editing for Following the Tundra Wolf (1974). In addition to its BAFTA Award for Best Editing, L. A. Confidential was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing, an ACE Eddie Award, and the Satellite Award. The film was also included in a 2012 listing of the 75 best edited films of all time compiled by the Motion Picture Editors Guild based on a survey of its members. Honess has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors."American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 4 March 2008.
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