Tony Lawson
Tony Lawson (* 1944 in London ) is a British film editor .
Life
Lawson began his career in film editing in the 1960s as an assistant editor. In 1971 he was jointly responsible for the assembly of a movie for the first time at Wer Macht sät together with his co-editors Roger Spottiswoode and Paul Davies ; thereafter his career gained momentum. In total, he was involved in more than 35 productions.
Since 1980 he has worked closely with director Nicolas Roeg . Their last film together was Two Deaths from 1995. Since Michael Collins from 1996 Lawson has been responsible for the editing of all Neil Jordan films. They last worked together in 2012 at Byzantium , which is also Lawson's last film production to date (as of August 2019).
Filmography (selection)
- 1971: Who sows violence (Straw Dogs)
- 1975: Barry Lyndon
- 1977: Steiner - Das Eiserne Kreuz (Cross of Iron)
- 1980: Black Out - Anatomy of a Passion (Bad Timing)
- 1981: The Dragon Slayer (Dragonslayer)
- 1983: Eureka
- 1984: The Bounty (The Bounty)
- 1985: Insignificance - The Itch night (Insignificance)
- 1986: The American Way
- 1987: Aria
- 1987: Castaway - Die Insel (Castaway)
- 1988: Track 29 - A Dangerous Game (Track 29)
- 1988: Manifesto
- 1990: Witches (The Witches)
- 1990: Crisscross - Survival in Key West (Crisscross)
- 1991: Cold Heaven
- 1992: Stormy Passion (Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights)
- 1993: A Friendship (Friends)
- 1994: Victory
- 1994: Tom & Viv
- 1995: Othello
- 1996: Michael Collins
- 1997: Butcher Boy - Der Schlächterbursche (The Butcher Boy)
- 1999: Beyond Dreams (In Dreams)
- 1999: The End of the Affair (The End of the Affair)
- 2000: Not I (short film)
- 2001: Sooner or later (Blow Dry)
- 2002: The Thief of Monte Carlo (The Good Thief)
- 2004: Laws of Attraction
- 2005: Breakfast on Pluto
- 2007: The Stranger Within You (The Brave One)
- 2009: Ondine - The Girl from the Sea (Ondine)
- 2011–2012: The Borgias (The Borgias , 3 episodes)
- 2012: Byzantium
Web links
- Tony Lawson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lawson, Tony |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film editor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |