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24 Jul 1929
9 Jan 2011 (81)
Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
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Peter Yates
Peter James Yates (24 July 1929 – 9 January 2011) was an English film director and producer. He was born in Aldershot, Hampshire. The son of an army officer, he attended Charterhouse School as a boy, graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked for some years as an actor, director and stage manager. In the 1950s he started in the movie industry as a dubbing assistant and later an assistant director for Tony Richardson. Summer Holiday (1963), his first film as director, was a "lightweight" vehicle for Cliff Richard. Yates had directed the original Royal Court production of N. F. Simpson's play One Way Pendulum and was chosen to make the film version released in 1964. Robbery (1967), a crime thriller, is a fictionalised version of the Great Train Robbery of 1963. This led to Bullitt (1968), of which Bruce Weber has written, "Mr. Yates’s reputation probably rests most securely on “Bullitt” (1968), his first American film — and indeed, on one particular scene, an extended car chase that instantly became a classic." Yates was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Bullitt (1968). Yates produced and directed Breaking Away (1979), which was nominated for five Academy Awards ("Oscars") including Best Director and Best Film for Yates. Yates also produced and directed The Dresser (1983), which was an adaptation of the Ronald Harwood stage play. The film received seven BAFTA and five Oscar nominations, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film and for Best Direction and the Academy Award for Best Film and for Best Director for Yates. The Dresser was also entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. Yates died in London on 9 January 2011. He was 81 years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Yates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self – Interviewee |
| 2007 | Movie Connections | Self |
| 2005 | Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool | Self |
| 1998 | 'Bullitt': Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality | Self |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | A Separate Peace | Director |
| 2000 | Don Quixote | Director |
| 1998 | Curtain Call | Director |
| 1997 | Good Will Hunting | Thanks |
| 1995 | Roommates | Director |
| 1995 | The Run of the Country | Director |
| 1993 | Needful Things | Executive Producer |
| 1992 | Year of the Comet | Director |
| 1989 | An Innocent Man | Director |
| 1988 | The House on Carroll Street | Director |
| 1988 | The House on Carroll Street | Producer |
| 1987 | Suspect | Director |
| 1985 | Eleni | Director |
| 1983 | Krull | Director |
| 1983 | The Dresser | Director |
| 1983 | The Dresser | Producer |
| 1981 | Eyewitness | Director |
| 1981 | Eyewitness | Producer |
| 1979 | Breaking Away | Director |
| 1979 | Breaking Away | Producer |
| 1977 | The Deep | Director |
| 1976 | Mother, Jugs & Speed | Producer |
| 1976 | Mother, Jugs & Speed | Director |
| 1974 | For Pete's Sake | Director |
| 1973 | The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Director |
| 1972 | The Hot Rock | Director |
| 1971 | Murphy's War | Director |
| 1969 | John and Mary | Director |
| 1968 | Bullitt | Director |
| 1968 | Allo ! Fernandel | Creator |
| 1968 | Allo ! Fernandel | Creator |
| 1968 | Koroshi | Director |
| 1967 | Robbery | Director |
| 1967 | Robbery | Screenplay |
| 1965 | One Way Pendulum | Director |
| 1963 | Summer Holiday | Director |
| 1962 | The Saint | Director |
| 1961 | The Guns of Navarone | Assistant Director |
| 1961 | A Taste of Honey | Assistant Director |
| 1960 | The Entertainer | Assistant Director |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Director |