---
name: "Peter Honess"
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fi1m_id: "peter-honess"
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tmdb_id: 6875
wikidata_id: "Q977704"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "1 May 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T02:23:35.915779+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Peter Honess

## Identity

Peter Honess

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-honess
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-honess
- **IMDb ID:** nm0392000
- **TMDB ID:** 6875
- **Wikidata ID:** Q977704
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Honess, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977704, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392000/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6875

Editor. Born 1 May 1946 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 1 May 1946, Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1986–2007
- **Frequently works with:** [Wolfgang Petersen](https://film.one/person/wolfgang-petersen.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 75 (1), 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 62 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 62 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 4, Action 3, Fantasy 3, Thriller 3, Crime 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,777m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Honess, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977704, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392000/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6875

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*L.A. Confidential*](https://film.one/film/l-a-confidential.md) (88)
- **Peacock:** [*Highlander*](https://film.one/film/highlander.md) (75)
- **Netflix:** [*The Fast and the Furious*](https://film.one/film/the-fast-and-the-furious.md) (72)
- **HBO Max:** [*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.md) (65)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Golden Compass*](https://film.one/film/the-golden-compass.md) (54)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Peter Honess is a British film editor with more than thirty credits dating from 1973. He was educated at Queen's College, Taunton, and began as an apprentice editor at the UK branch of MGM, where his father worked. He moved to the United States in 1971 and received his first editing credit on the 1974 film *It's Alive!*. He spent fifteen years as an assistant editor before establishing himself as an editor.

Honess received the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for his work on *L.A. Confidential* (1997). His other credits include *Rob Roy* (1995), *The Fast and the Furious* (2001), *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002), *Troy* (2004), *Æon Flux* (2005), *Poseidon* (2006), *The Golden Compass* (2007) and *Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief* (2010).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Golden Compass* (2007), Fi1m 54, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-golden-compass.md)
- *Poseidon* (2006), Fi1m 55, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/poseidon.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002), Fi1m 65, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.md)
- *The Fast and the Furious* (2001), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fast-and-the-furious.md)
- *L.A. Confidential* (1997), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/l-a-confidential.md)
- *Highlander* (1986), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/highlander.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Words and Pictures* (2014), Editor
- *Romeo & Juliet* (2013), Editor
- *Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief* (2010), Editor
- *I Love You, Beth Cooper* (2009), Editor
- *The Golden Compass* (2007), Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-golden-compass.md)
- *Poseidon* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/poseidon.md)
- *Æon Flux* (2005), Editor
- *Troy* (2004), Editor
- *Building a Scene* (2003), Actor
- *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (2002), Editor — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets.md)
- *Domestic Disturbance* (2001), Editor
- *The Fast and the Furious* (2001), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fast-and-the-furious.md)
- *The Kid* (2000), Editor
- *The Next Best Thing* (2000), Editor
- *Mercury Rising* (1998), Editor
- *L.A. Confidential* (1997), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/l-a-confidential.md)
- *If These Walls Could Talk* (1996), Editor
- *Eye for an Eye* (1996), Editor
- *Rob Roy* (1995), Editor
- *The Shadow* (1994), Editor
- *Six Degrees of Separation* (1993), Editor
- *The Real McCoy* (1993), Editor
- *Mr. Baseball* (1992), Editor
- *Ricochet* (1991), Editor
- *The Russia House* (1990), Editor
- *Next of Kin* (1989), Editor
- *Madame Sousatzka* (1988), Editor
- *The Believers* (1987), Editor
- *Highlander* (1986), Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/highlander.md)
- *Plenty* (1985), Editor
- *Electric Dreams* (1984), Editor
- *Memed My Hawk* (1984), Editor
- *Champions* (1984), Editor
- *The Hunger* (1983), First Assistant Editor
- *The Dogs of War* (1980), Assistant Editor
- *Yesterday's Hero* (1979), Assistant Editor
- *Following the Tundra Wolf* (1975), Editor
- *It's Alive* (1974), Editor
- *Hell Up In Harlem* (1973), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1998: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *L.A. Confidential*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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