Anne V. Coates

Anne V. Coates

Editing
1925-12-12
Reigate, Surrey, England, UK

Biography

Anne Voase Coates (12 December 1925 – 8 May 2018) was a British film editor with a more than 60-year-long career. She was perhaps best known as the editor of David Lean's epic film Lawrence of Arabia in 1962, for which she won an Oscar. Coates was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the films Lawrence of Arabia, Becket (1963), The Elephant Man (1980), In the Line of Fire (1993), and Out of Sight (1998). In an industry where women accounted for only 16 percent of all editors working on the top 250 films of 2004, and 80 percent of the films had absolutely no women on their editing teams at all, Coates thrived as a top film editor. She was awarded BAFTA's highest honor, a BAFTA Fellowship, in February 2007 and was given an Academy Honorary Award, which is popularly known as a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, in November 2016 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Known For & Full Filmography6 Titles

#1The Aviator

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m as Howard Hughes' Film Editor (uncredited)

7.2 / 10
Drama

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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#2Side by Side

Movie - 2012, 2h 15m as Self

7.3 / 10
Documentary

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.

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#3The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m as Self

7.0 / 10
DocumentaryHistory

Documentary about the art of film editing. Clips are shown from many groundbreaking films with innovative editing styles.

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#4Invisible Women

Movie - 2024, 2h 15m as Herself

10.0 / 10
Documentary

Documentary feature on amazing women film editors

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#5The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

Movie - 2005, 2h 15m as Self

5.3 / 10
Documentary

"The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz" - a featurette narrated by Sydney Pollack.

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#6The Making of Lawrence of Arabia

Movie - 2001, 2h 15m as Self

8.5 / 10
Documentary

Documentary about the making of the epic 1962 film, with reminiscences from surviving cast and crew.

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