Peter Yates

Director, Productor, Escritor

24 de julio de 1929 — 9 de enero de 2011 (81 años)
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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Películas y series en Plex

  • El santo
    El santo6 seasons
  • El animador
    El animador1960
  • Cita con la muerte
    Cita con la muerte3 seasons

Conocido por

  • Bullitt
    Bullitt1968
  • El relevo
    El relevo1979
  • Krull
    Krull1983
  • Los cañones de Navarone
    Los cañones de Navarone1961
  • Abismo
    Abismo1977
  • La Sombra Del Actor
    La Sombra Del Actor1983
  • El confidente
    El confidente1973
  • Sospechoso
    Sospechoso1987
  • Un diamante al rojo vivo
    Un diamante al rojo vivo1972
  • El ojo mentiroso
    El ojo mentiroso1981
  • La guerra de Murphy
    La guerra de Murphy1971
  • El Madre, la Melones y el Ruedas
    El Madre, la Melones y el Ruedas1976
  • Un sabor a miel
    Un sabor a miel1961
  • La casa de Carroll Street
    La casa de Carroll Street1988
  • ¿Qué diablos pasa aquí?
    ¿Qué diablos pasa aquí?1974
  • John y Mary
    John y Mary1969
  • Robbery (El gran robo)
    Robbery (El gran robo)1967
  • Compañeros de habitación
    Compañeros de habitación1995
  • El animador
    El animador1960
  • Vacaciones de verano
    Vacaciones de verano1963

Filmography