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

Books

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

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