Peter Yates

Directeur, Producteur, Scénariste

24 juillet 1929 — 9 janvier 2011 (81 ans)
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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Films & Séries sur Plex

  • Bullitt
    Bullitt1968
  • Le Saint
    Le Saint6 saisons
  • Le cabotin
    Le cabotin1960
  • Destination Danger
    Destination Danger3 saisons

Connue pour

  • Bullitt
    Bullitt1968
  • La Bande des quatre
    La Bande des quatre1979
  • Krull
    Krull1983
  • Les Canons de Navarone
    Les Canons de Navarone1961
  • Les Grands Fonds
    Les Grands Fonds1977
  • L'habilleur
    L'habilleur1983
  • Les copains d'Eddie Coyle
    Les copains d'Eddie Coyle1973
  • Suspect dangereux
    Suspect dangereux1987
  • Les quatre malfrats
    Les quatre malfrats1972
  • L’Œil du témoin
    L’Œil du témoin1981
  • La Guerre de Murphy
    La Guerre de Murphy1971
  • Ambulances tous risques
    Ambulances tous risques1976
  • Un goût de miel
    Un goût de miel1961
  • Une femme en péril
    Une femme en péril1988
  • Ma femme est dingue
    Ma femme est dingue1974
  • John et Mary
    John et Mary1969
  • Trois milliards d'un coup
    Trois milliards d'un coup1967
  • Un ménage explosif
    Un ménage explosif1995
  • Le cabotin
    Le cabotin1960
  • Vacances d'été
    Vacances d'été1963

Filmographie

2011
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute
2010
2007
2005
2003
2000
BBC Breakfast · as Self
1998
1996
1993
Hollywood U.K. (1993) · as Self - Contributor
1980
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee
1972
Midi Trente · as Self
1971
Film · as Self
1964
Cinema · as Self
1961
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show · 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 DirectorSur Plex
1959
Cover Girl Killer · as Assistant Director