Anne V. Coates

Editor, Actor, Producer

December 12, 1925 — May 8, 2018 (92 years)
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.

FreeMovies & Shows on Plex

  • The Golden Compass
    The Golden Compass
  • Sweet November
    Sweet November
  • Raw Deal
    Raw Deal
  • The Eagle Has Landed
    The Eagle Has Landed
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
    Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
  • Becket
    Becket
  • The Medusa Touch
    The Medusa Touch
  • The Horse's Mouth
    The Horse's Mouth
  • Passion of Mind
    Passion of Mind
  • Man Friday
    Man Friday

Known For

  • Lawrence of Arabia
    Lawrence of Arabia
  • The Elephant Man
    The Elephant Man
  • Erin Brockovich
    Erin Brockovich
  • In the Line of Fire
    In the Line of Fire
  • Out of Sight
    Out of Sight
  • Murder on the Orient Express
    Murder on the Orient Express
  • Becket
    Free
    Becket
  • The Medusa Touch
    Free
    The Medusa Touch

Filmography

2004
The Aviator · as Howard Hughes' Film Editor (uncredited)

2019
The Oscars · as Self - Film Editor (in Memoriam)
2017
The Oscars · as Self - Honorary Award Recipient
2012
Side by Side · as Self
2007
The Orange British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Academy Fellowship Recipient
2005
2004
2003
2001
1978
1971
Film · as Self

1978

2015
Escape from the Third Reich · as Supervising Editor
1978
The Medusa Touch · as Supervising EditorOn Plex
1949
The Rocking Horse Winner · as Assistant Editor
1949
The Amazing Mr. Beecham · as Assistant Editor
1949
The History of Mr. Polly · as Assistant Editor