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Coates became interested in cinema after seeing Wuthering Heights (1939) directed by William Wyler. [10] She decided to pursue film directing and started working as an assistant at a production company specializing in religious films (also doing projectionist and sound recording work).
May 9, 2018 · But, while she initially harboured ambitions to become a director, she quickly learned her craft in assisting Reginald Mills on projects like Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Red Shoes (1948).
After harrowing experiences as a nurse at Sir Archibald McIndoe's pioneering plastic surgery hospital in East Grinstead, Anne Coates started to fulfil her long-held ambition to be a film director with a company called Religious Films.
- January 1, 1
- Reigate, Surrey, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
May 10, 2018 · Coates got into the industry because she wanted to be a director, but in the middle of the 20th century, editing was one of the few fields in filmmaking that actually employed women on a...
After harrowing experiences as a nurse at Sir Archibald McIndoe's pioneering plastic surgery hospital in East Grinstead, Anne Coates started to fulfil her long-held ambition to be a film director with a company called Religious Films.
- December 12, 1925
- May 8, 2018
May 9, 2018 · Coates was also willing to experiment by working with newer directors and embracing new technologies that radically changed editing. She signed on to work with David Lynch, who at that point had only done the midnight movie freakout “Eraserhead,” on his first mainstream film, “The Elephant Man.”
ANNE V. COATES was born in Reigate, Surrey, England. Her first love was ballet, which later turned to horses, setting her sights on being a race horse trainer. Then she fell in love with movies, and after a short time as a nurse, she managed to get a job in religious films.
