Peter Yates

Reżyseria, Produkcja, Scenariusz

24 lipca 1929 — 9 stycznia 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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Known For

  • Bullitt
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  • Uciekać
    Uciekać1979
  • Krull
    Krull1983
  • Działa Navarony
    Działa Navarony1961
  • Głębia
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  • Garderobiany
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  • Przyjaciele Eddiego
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  • Podejrzany
    Podejrzany1987
  • Sprzedawca Śmierci
    Sprzedawca Śmierci1993
  • Diamentowa gorączka
    Diamentowa gorączka1972
  • Naoczny świadek
    Naoczny świadek1981
  • Prywatna wojna Murphy'ego
    Prywatna wojna Murphy'ego1971
  • Łapiduchy
    Łapiduchy1976
  • Smak miodu
    Smak miodu1961
  • Dom przy Carroll Street
    Dom przy Carroll Street1988
  • Ze względu na Pete'a
    Ze względu na Pete'a1974
  • John i Mary
    John i Mary1969
  • Robbery
    Robbery1967
  • Wspóllokatorzy
    Wspóllokatorzy1995
  • Letnie wakacje
    Letnie wakacje1963

Filmography

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