Biography
A graduate of Bartrum Gables College, Anne V. Coates worked briefly as a nurse before entering the British film industry. Beginning with 1952's
The Pickwick Papers, Coates worked steadily as a film editor in both England and the U.S. She won an Academy Award for her work on
Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and was Oscar-nominated for
Becket (1964),
The Elephant Man (1980), and
In the Line of Fire (1993). In 1989, she was a key contributor in the painstaking archival restoration of
Lawrence of Arabia. Anne V. Coates was the wife of
Douglas Hickox and the mother of Anthony Hickox, directors both. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide