Peter Yates

Regisseur, Producer, Schrijver

24 juli 1929 — 9 januari 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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Saint
    The Saint6 seasons
  • De Humorist
    De Humorist1960
  • Danger Man
    Danger Man3 seasons

Known For

  • Bullitt
    Bullitt1968
  • Breaking Away
    Breaking Away1979
  • Krull
    Krull1983
  • The Guns of Navarone
    The Guns of Navarone1961
  • The Deep
    The Deep1977
  • The Dresser
    The Dresser1983
  • The Friends of Eddie Coyle
    The Friends of Eddie Coyle1973
  • Suspect
    Suspect1987
  • The Hot Rock
    The Hot Rock1972
  • Eyewitness
    Eyewitness1981
  • Murphy
    Murphy1971
  • Mother, Jugs & Speed
    Mother, Jugs & Speed1976
  • A Taste of Honey
    A Taste of Honey1961
  • The House on Carroll Street
    The House on Carroll Street1988
  • In het belang van de goedheid
    In het belang van de goedheid1974
  • John and Mary
    John and Mary1969
  • Robbery
    Robbery1967
  • Roommates
    Roommates1995
  • De Humorist
    De Humorist1960
  • Summer Holiday
    Summer Holiday1963

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