This year’s San Francisco’s  Mostly British Film Festival (Feb 16-23) has a rare treat in store for film buffs. On Tuesday, Feb 21st you catch the legendary film editor Anne Coates in conversation with film historian David Thomson at the Vogue Theatre in San Francisco. This will be followed by the screening of A Murder on the Orient Express at 9.30 pm. For tickets and information about the event check Mostly British Film Festival’s website.

Coates won an Oscar in 1962 for her work in David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia. She went on to win 4 Oscar nominations for Out of Sight, In the Line of Fire, The Elephant Man and Becket.

In 2016 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors Coates presented an honorary award to Coates in recognition of her work and contribution to the film industry. Coates began her career in the film industry in 1947 when she worked as an assistant editor for The Archers directed by Derek N.Twist. She next worked for Director Michael Powell’s The Red Shoes. The Pickwick Papers  (1952) directed by Noel Langley was the first feature film Coates edited. And 10 years later in 1962 she won an Oscar for her work in Lawrence of Arabia. The last film Coates edited was  Fifty Shades of Grey released in 2013..