Anne V. Coates Biography

Fast Facts

• Named Officer of the British Empire in 2003 for her contributions to film
• In 2007, received the Academy Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts
• Serves as a member of the Guild of British Film and Television Editors and American Cinema Editors
• Before her career as an editor, Coates worked as a nurse under plastic surgery pioneer Sir Archibald McIndoe
• Quote: "I like to take time off between films․ I think it's important to live your life․ I don't think that if you are just an editor all the time that you are going to be a good editor․ You've got to go out and experience things, see things and travel․"
• Quote: "In a way, I've never looked at myself as a woman in the business․ I've just looked at myself as an editor․ I mean, I'm sure I've been turned down because I'm a woman, but then other times I've been used because they wanted a woman editor․"