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David Yates

Director, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn October 8, 1963 (62 years)
David Yates (born 8 October 1963) is an English filmmaker who has directed feature films, short films, and television productions. He is best known for directing the final four films in the Harry Potter series and the three films of its prequel series, Fantastic Beasts. His work on the Harry Potter series brought him critical and commercial success, along with accolades such as the British Academy Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing.

Yates directed various short films and became a television director early in his career. His credits include the six-part political thriller State of Play (2003), for which he won the Directors Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, the adult two-part documentary drama Sex Traffic (2004) and the Emmy Award-winning television film The Girl in the Café (2005).

Yates is a founding member of Directors UK and has had a close partnership with Warner Bros. as a director and producer. Around 2022, he began working through his own production company, Wychwood Media.

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Known For

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
  • The Legend of Tarzan
  • Pain Hustlers
  • Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
  • The Girl in the Café
  • State of Play
  • The Way We Live Now
  • Tyrant
  • Sex Traffic
  • The Young Visiters
  • The Bill
  • The Sins

Featured Videos

  • Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them: David Yates On J.K. Rowling
    Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them: David Yates On J.K. RowlingFantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemBehind the Scenes
  • The Legend Of Tarzan: David Yates On The Themes
    The Legend Of Tarzan: David Yates On The ThemesThe Legend of TarzanBehind the Scenes

David Yates Filmography

2023
2016
The Legend of Tarzan · as Executive Producer
2014
Tyrant (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

2022
2022
2021
2017
Tarzan Revisited · as Self
2016
2012
2012
2011
2011
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments · as Self - Harry Potter Director
2011
2011
2010
2010
2009
2009
Hollywood's Best Film Directors (TV Series) · as Self
2009
Kate Garraway’s Life Stories (TV Series) · as Self - Director, Harry Potter
2007
2006
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self
2005
ITV at the Movies (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
1992
HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self
1991
Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self
1971
Film (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee

2024
Roommate Regret · as Co-Executive Producer

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