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Peter Yates
Director, Producer, Writer, Additional Credits
Born July 24, 1929Died January 9, 2011 (81 years)
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.
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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.
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Known For
Peter Yates Filmography
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| 1993 | Needful Things · as Executive Producer |
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| 1980 | Breaking Away (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
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| 2011 | The 83rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff · as Self – Interviewee |
| 2007 | Movie Connections (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool · as Self |
| 2003 | Reflections on Golden Pond · as Self |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Steve McQueen: The King of Cool · as Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K. (1993) (TV Series) · as Self - Contributor |
| 1980 | The 52nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Cinema (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self - Audience Bow |
| 1967 | Robbery · as Screenplay |
| 1961 | A Taste of Honey · as Assistant Director |
| 1961 | The Guns of Navarone · as Assistant Director |
| 1960 | The Entertainer · as Assistant Director |
| 1959 | Cover Girl Killer · as Assistant Director |