Peter Honess (born 1946) is an Englishfilm editor with more than thirty film credits dating from 1973.^[1] Honess received the 1997BAFTA Award for Best Editing for his work onL.A. Confidential.

Honess was educated atQueen's College, Taunton from 1956-1963.^[2] He then became an apprentice editor at the United Kingdom branch ofMGM, where his father was working. He moved to the United States in 1971, where he received his first editing credit forIt's Alive! (1974), acult horror film about a couple that become parents of a monster baby.^[3] 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 editorsTony Gibbs (Tom Jones) andThelma 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."^[3] After a ten-year hiatus, Honess was hired to edit the filmsMemed, My Hawk (1984) andChampion (1984), and thereafter he has worked regularly as an editor.

Honess's recent filmography includesRob 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), andWords and Pictures (2013).

Honess was nominated for anACE Eddie Award for documentary editing forFollowing the Tundra Wolf (1974).^[1] In addition to its BAFTA Award for Best Editing,L. A. Confidential was also nominated for anAcademy Award for Best Film Editing, anACE Eddie Award, and theSatellite Award. The film was also included in a 2012 listing of the 75 best edited films of all time compiled by theMotion Picture Editors Guild based on a survey of its members.^[4] Honess has been elected to membership in theAmerican Cinema Editors.^[5]

• Honess, Peter; Urioste, Frank (July–August 2001)."Peter Honess & Frank Urioste: Two Long-Time Friends Talk About Their Work, Part I".Editors Guild Magazine. Archived fromthe original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved13 July 2008.
• Honess, Peter; Urioste, Frank (September–October 2001)."Peter Honess & Frank Urioste: Two Long-Time Friends Talk About Their Work, Part II".Editors Guild Magazine. Archived fromthe original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved12 January 2009.
• Hogg, Trevor (30 May 2012)."Cutting Edge: A conversation with film editor Peter Honess".Flickering Myth.

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