Tony Lawson

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Tony Lawson

Editing

Tony Lawson is a British film editor. His break came on the controversial Straw Dogs. During the 1970s he worked twice more with Sam Peckinpah and spent two years with Stanley Kub…

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Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

8.0 1975 Movie
The Witches

The Witches

7.0 1990 Movie
The Brave One

The Brave One

6.6 2007 Movie
Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs

7.2 1971 Movie
Byzantium

Byzantium

6.3 2013 Movie
The Borgias

The Borgias

7.6 2011 TV Show
The Bounty

The Bounty

6.8 1984 Movie
Michael Collins

Michael Collins

6.9 1996 Movie
Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron

7.1 1977 Movie
Laws of Attraction

Laws of Attraction

5.8 2004 Movie
Breakfast on Pluto

Breakfast on Pluto

7.2 2005 Movie
Ondine

Ondine

6.4 2010 Movie

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Tony Lawson is a British film editor. His break came on the controversial Straw Dogs. During the 1970s he worked twice more with Sam Peckinpah and spent two years with Stanley Kubrick on Barry Lyndon. Since then his most long-standing collaborations have been with directors Nicolas Roeg and, more recently, Neil Jordan. Lawson emphasises that alongside considerations of continuity "one of the things editors should be looking for too is conflicts and contrasts...cut from a wide shot to a close shot, loud to soft, bright to dark, all those kind of things".

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2015
    Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...

    Movie Self

  2. 2013
    Byzantium

    Movie Editor

  3. 2011
    The Borgias

    TV show Editor

  4. 2010
    Ondine

    Movie Editor

  5. 2007
    The Brave One

    Movie Editor

  6. 2005
    Breakfast on Pluto

    Movie Editor

  7. 2004
    Laws of Attraction

    Movie Editor

  8. 2003
    Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut

    Movie Self - Editor

  9. 2003
    The Good Thief

    Movie Editor

  10. 2001
    Blow Dry

    Movie Editor

  11. 2000
    Not I

    Movie Editor

  12. 1999
    The End of the Affair

    Movie Editor

  13. 1999
    In Dreams

    Movie Editor

  14. 1998
    The Butcher Boy

    Movie Editor

  15. 1996
    Victory

    Movie Editor

  16. 1996
    Michael Collins

    Movie Editor

More credits
  1. 1996
    Two Deaths

    Movie Editor

  2. 1995
    Othello

    Movie Editor

  3. 1994
    Tom & Viv

    Movie Editor

  4. 1994
    Friends

    Movie Editor

  5. 1992
    Wuthering Heights

    Movie Editor

  6. 1992
    Cold Heaven

    Movie Editor

  7. 1992
    CrissCross

    Movie Editor

  8. 1990
    The Witches

    Movie Editor

  9. 1990
    Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

    Movie Editor

  10. 1990
    Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'

    Movie Editor

  11. 1988
    Track 29

    Movie Editor

  12. 1988
    Manifesto

    Movie Editor

  13. 1987
    The American Way

    Movie Editor

  14. 1987
    Aria

    Movie Editor

  15. 1986
    Castaway

    Movie Editor

  16. 1985
    Insignificance

    Movie Editor

  17. 1984
    The Bounty

    Movie Editor

  18. 1983
    A Pattern of Roses

    Movie Editor

  19. 1983
    Eureka

    Movie Editor

  20. 1982
    The Disappearance of Harry

    Movie Editor

  21. 1981
    Dragonslayer

    Movie Editor

  22. 1980
    Bad Timing

    Movie Editor

  23. 1977
    Cross of Iron

    Movie Editor

  24. 1975
    Barry Lyndon

    Movie Editor