Anne V. Coates

Anne Voase Coates (12 December 1925 – 8 May 2018) was a British movie editor with a more than 60-year-long career. She was best known as the editor of David Lean's epic movie Lawrence of Arabia in 1962. 

Personal life
Coates was born in Surrey, England. She studied at Bartrum Gables College. Coates worked as a nurse in East Grinstead. She was married to Douglas Hickox until his death in 1988. Together, they had two sons and one daughter.

Awards
Coates has been nominated five times for the Academy Award for Film Editing for the movies Lawrence of Arabia, Becket (1963), The Elephant Man (1980), In the Line of Fire (1993), and Out of Sight (1998). British Independent Film Awards – (BIFA)  She was awarded BAFTA's highest honour, a BAFTA Fellowship, in February 2007 "BAFTA crowns 'Queen' best film"  11 February 2007 – Variety (subscription) and was given an Academy Honorary Award, which are popularly known as a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, in November 2016 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Death
Coates died on 8 May 2018, at a retirement center in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.

References

Other websites
  Anne V. Coates credits – AMCTV.com Biography


Category:Academy Award Honorary Award winners
Category:BAFTA Award winners
Category:1925 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:British movie editors
Category:People from Surrey