Background
He then became an apprentice editor at the United Kingdom branch of MGM, where his father was working.
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Peter Morawetz
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University of Stockholm (juris kandidat, Bachelor of Laws, 1972). Service with Swedish Courts, 1972-1974. Practised with: Otto Nordstrand Advokatbyra, Stockholm, 1974-1978.
Ormonde Goldie Advokatbyra, Stockholm, 1978-1982 (Resident at London Branch Office, 1980 1982). Associated with this firm since June, 1982.
Career
Confidential. He moved to the United States in 1971, where he got his first editing cr for It's Alive! (1974), a cult horror film about a couple that become parents of a monster baby. 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. Honess's recent filmography includes Rob Roy (1995), L.A. Confidential (1997), The Next Best Thing (2000), 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), and Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2009). Burlesque (Cher's performance)( 2010).
Romeo and Juliet (2012). Words and Pictures (2013)
Honess was nominated for an ACE Eddie Award for documentary editing for Following the Tundra Wolf (1974). Honess has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.
Achievements
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Honess received the 1997 BAFTA Award for Best Editing for his work on L.A. 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. In addition to its BAFTA Award for Best Editing, L. A. Confidential was also nominated for an Academy Award for Film Editing, an ACE Eddie Award, and the Satellite Award.
Membership
Member: Swedish Bar Association.
