Bert Bates | |
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Born |
Walthamstow, London, England |
18 August 1907
Died | 23 April 1976 Barnet, London, England |
(aged 68)
Other names | A.S. Bates |
Occupation | Film editor |
Years active | 1931–1973 |
Bert Bates (18 August 1907 – 23 April 1976) was a British film editor, sometimes credited as A. S. Bates. He worked on more than sixty films during his career. Bates edited his first feature film, Many Waters, in 1931. He went on to be employed by many leading British studios, working on films by directors including Alfred Hitchcock, Anatole Litvak and Carol Reed.
At the end of his career he worked on two James Bond films, Diamonds Are Forever and Live and Let Die.