Emma E. Hickox

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Emma E. Hickox
Born (1964-04-11) 11 April 1964 (age 59)
OccupationFilm editor

Emma E. Hickox A.C.E (born 11 April 1964) is a British film editor based in Los Angeles and London.

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A member of American Cinema Editors, Hickox has worked as a features and TV editor since the early 1990s. She has a varied and versatile resume from comedies, dramas and musicals, including large Hollywood films such as Bad Moms featuring Mila Kunis, Rock of Ages featuring Tom Cruise, and smaller independent films such as Becoming Jane with Anne Hathaway and The Boat That Rocked from Richard Curtis with Philip Seymour Hoffman. [1]

She is a founding member of the British Independent Film Awards [2] with the Debut Director's award given in her father's name, the Douglas Hickox Award. She is the daughter of Academy Award-winning film editor Anne V. Coates, and Douglas Hickox (died 1988), a cult British film director. [3] John Coates, her uncle, was a film and TV producer for Yellow Submarine and The Snowman . [4]

Hickox is represented by Wayne Fitterman at WME in Los Angeles, and Lynda Mamy of United Agents in London.

Personal life

She is married to Jonathon Burford, a Sotheby's auction house specialist, and they have two daughters, Matilda and Florence. Emma has two brothers, Anthony and James, and a sister, Diana.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1988 Baja Oklahoma Apprentice editor Bobby Roth TV movie
1989 Disorganized Crime Assistant film editor Jim Kouf
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat First assistant editor Anthony Hickox
1990 Bird on a Wire Assistant editor John Badham
1991 The Hard Way John Badham
Pretty Hattie's Baby Ivan Passer
1992 Miracle Beach EditorSkott Snider
1993 Mr. Jones First assistant editor Mike Figgis
1994The CrewEditor Carl Colpaert
1995 How to Make an American Quilt Additional editor Jocelyn Moorhouse
French ExitSupervising editor Daphna Kastner
1996 Dead Girl Editor Adam Coleman Howard
1997 This World, Then the Fireworks Michael Oblowitz
1998 The Brylcreem Boys Terence Ryan
2001 Tangled Jay Lowi
The Breed Michael Oblowitz
On the Borderline Michael Oblowitz
2002 A Walk to Remember Adam Shankman
Blue Crush John Stockwell
2003 Honey Bille Woodruff
2004 Modigliani Mick Davis
2005 The Jacket John Maybury
Kinky Boots Julian Jarrold
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Additional editor Adam Shankman
2007 Blood & Chocolate Editor Katja von Garnier
How About You Anthony Byrne
Becoming Jane Julian Jarrold
2008 The Edge of Love John Maybury
2009 The Boat That Rocked Richard Curtis
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold Oliver Parker
Barnaby Thompson
2010 Worried About the Boy Julian Jarrold TV movie
2012 Rock of Ages Adam Shankman
2013 The Christmas Candle John Stephenson
2015 Fortitude Sam Miller TV series (1 episode)
2016 Miracles from Heaven Patricia Riggen
Bad Moms Jon Lucas
Scott Moore
2017WonderwellVlad Marsavin
Revival !Danny Green
A Bad Moms Christmas Additional editor Jon Lucas
Scott Moore
2018 Dumplin' Editor Anne Fletcher
2020 Holidate Editor John Whitesell

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References

  1. Oldham 2012, p. 174.
  2. "Emma E. Hickox, ACE". British Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016.
  3. King, Susan (14 October 2009). "Editing is the splice of Anne V. Coates' life". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010.
  4. "In Conversation with Emma E. Hickox, ACE". Raindance Film Festival. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015.