David Yates

Directing·Oct 8, 1963·St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK

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David Yates (born 8 October 1963) is an English filmmaker who has directed feature films, short films, and television productions. He is best known for directing the final four films in the Harry Potter series and the three films of its prequel series, Fantastic Beasts. His work on the Harry Potter series brought him critical and commercial success, along with accolades such as the British Academy Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing. Yates directed various short films and became a television director early in his career. His credits include the six-part political thriller State of Play (2003), for which he won the Directors Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, the adult two-part documentary drama Sex Traffic (2004) and the Emmy Award-winning television film The Girl in the Café (2005). Yates is a founding member of Directors UK and has had a close partnership with Warner Bros. as a director and producer. Around 2022, he began working through his own production company, Wychwood Media. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Yates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
Pain Hustlers2023 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore2022 · Director	Director
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts2022 · Self	Self
(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story2021 · Self	Self
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald2018 · Director	Director
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them2016 · Director	Director
The Legend of Tarzan2016 · Director	Director
Daniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter2012 · Self - Director	Self - Director
When Harry Left Hogwarts2011 · Self	Self
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 22011 · Director	Director
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 12010 · Director	Director
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2009 · Director	Director
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2007 · Director	Director
The Girl in the Café2005 · Director	Director
The Young Visiters2003 · Director	Director
RRank2002 · Director	Director
The Tichborne Claimant1999 · Director	Director
Oranges and Lemons1991 · Director	Director
TThe Weaver's Wife1991 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
When I Was a Girl1988 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
PPhantom SonDirector	Director