Peter Honess
Peter E. Honess ( MAY 1946) is a British cutter.
Life
After Peter Honess the private school attended Queen's College in Taunton from 1956 to 1963, his father, a studio manager gave him in the British subsidiary of MGM, a job as a production assistant. He got to know all areas of production and was interested above all for the film section, so that he in 1967 with The Dirty Dozen was given the opportunity to assist in sound editor. Originally went Honess 1971 only for a five -week internship to Hollywood and then stayed for seven years where he was given the opportunity his first two feature films Hot Black Caesar and The Cradle of evil conduct as a self-responsible cutter. However, when he went back to England, came the big surprise. He suddenly had to return to work as an assistant in films like The dogs of war and lust before with his greatest victory, Electric Dreams and Memed, my Falcon for the first time independently could direct a film section 1984.
With Highlander - There can be only one followed in 1986 by the first film, the Honess for Russell Mulcahy section. There were other films like Ricochet - The Impact, Karen McCoy - The Cat and Shadow and the Curse of the Khan. Also for the Australian director Fred Schepisi cut Honess some films, including The Russia House, and Mr. Baseball. For Curtis Hanson's LA Confidential film Honess received the 1998 not only an Oscar nomination for Best Editing, but also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film section.
Peter Honess is a member of the American Cinema Editors.