Anne V. Coates Biography (1925-)

Born December 12, 1925, in Reigate, Surrey, England; daughter of Major Laurence Calvert and Kathleen Voase (maiden name, Rank) Coates; married Douglas Hickox (a director), April 24, 1958 (died, July 25, 1988); children: Anthony Laurence Voase Hickox (a director), James Douglas Rank Hickox (a director), EmmaElizabeth Hickox (an editor). Addresses: Agent: United Talent Agency,9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Contact: c/o 8455Fountain Ave., Apt. 621, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Film editor

Birth Details

December 12, 1925

Reigate, Surrey, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Editor
• The Pickwick Papers, Mayer/Kingsley, 1952
• Wicked Wife (also known as Grand National Night), Allied Artists, 1953
• Forbidden Cargo, General Films Distributors, 1954
• To Paris with Love, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954
• Lost (also known as Tears for Simon), Republic, 1957
• The Horse's Mouth, United Artists, 1958
• The Truth about Women, Continental Distributing, 1958
• Tunes of Glory, Lopert, 1960
• Lawrence of Arabia, Columbia, 1962
• Becket, Paramount, 1964
• Why Bother to Knock (also known as Don't Bother to Knock),Seven Arts, 1964
• (With Gordon Stone) Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines(also known as Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; or, How IFlew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
• Young Cassidy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
• Hotel Paradiso, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966
• The Bofors Gun, Universal, 1968
• Great Catherine, Warner Bros., 1968
• The Adventurers, Paramount, 1970
• Friends, Paramount, 1971
• Follow Me (also known as Follow Me! and The Public Eye), Universal, 1972
• The Nelson Affair (also known as Bequest to the Nation), Universal, 1973
• 11 Harrowhouse (also known as Anything for Love and FastFortune), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
• Murder on the Orient Express, Paramount, 1974
• Man Friday, Avco-Embassy, 1975
• Aces High, EMI Films, 1977
• The Eagle Has Landed, Columbia, 1977
• The Medusa Touch, Warner Bros., 1978
• The Legacy (also known as The Legacy of Maggie Walsh), Universal, 1979
• The Elephant Man, Paramount, 1980
• (With others) Ragtime, Paramount, 1981
• The Pirates of Penzance (also known as The Slave of Duty),Universal, 1983
• Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Warner Bros., 1984
• Lady Jane, Paramount, 1985
• Raw Deal (also known as Triple Identity), De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986
• Masters of the Universe, Cannon, 1987
• (With C. Timothy O'Meara) Farewell to the King, Orion, 1989
• Listen to Me, Columbia, 1989
• I Love You to Death, TriStar, 1990
• What about Bob?, Buena Vista, 1991
• Chaplin (also known as Charlot), TriStar, 1992
• (As Anne Coates-Hickox) In the Line of Fire, Columbia, 1993
• Pontiac Moon, Paramount, 1994
• Congo, Paramount, 1995
• Striptease, Columbia, 1996
• Out to Sea, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
• Out of Sight, Universal, 1998
• Passion of Mind, Paramount, 1999
• Erin Brockovich, Universal, 2000
• Sweet November, Warner Bros., 2001
• Unfaithful, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
• Other
• (Editorial assistant) The Red Shoes, Eagle-Lion/Rank, 1948
• (Editorial consultant for the film's 1989 restoration and reconstruction)Lawrence of Arabia, Columbia, 1962, restored version, Columbia, 1989
• (Producer and supervising editor) The Medusa Touch (also known asLa grande menace), Warner Bros., 1978
• (Editorial consultant) The Bushido Blade (also known as The Bloody Bushido Blade), Trident, 1982
• Film Appearances
• Herself, In & Out of Focus, The Cinema Guild, 2002
• Television Work
• Editor; Movies
• A War of Children, 1972
• Catholics (also known as Conflict), 1973
• (Editorial consultant) Fail Safe, CBS, 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• LoBrutto, Vincent, Selected Takes--Film Editors on Editing, Praeger (New York City), 1991
• Oldham, Gabriella, First Cut--Conversations with Film Editors, University of California Press (Berkeley, CA), 1992