Gilbert Cates

Directing·Jun 6, 1934·New York City, New York, USA

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Gilbert “Gil” Cates (born June 6, 1934) is an American film director and television producer. He is probably best known for producing the annual Academy Award shows. In September 2007, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that he would be producing the 80th Academy Awards, his 14th time. The awards took place on Sunday February 24, 2008. Cates directed a number of feature films including I Never Sang for My Father (1970) and Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973), Oh, God! Book II (1980) and The Last Married Couple in America (1980). Cates was born Gilbert Katz in New York City, the son of Nina (née Peltzman) and Nathan Katz, who was a dress manufacturer. There he attended DeWitt Clinton High School. He is the uncle of noted actress Phoebe Cates and a brother of the producer and director Joseph Cates, with whom he collaborated from time to time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gilbert Cates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
A Death in the Family2002 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
$pent1999 · Mr. Walsh	Mr. Walsh
Inside the Golden Statue1998 · Self	Self
Innocent Victims1996 · Director	Director
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil1994 · Director	Director
Absolute Strangers1991 · Director	Director
Call Me Anna1990 · Director	Director
Do You Know the Muffin Man?1989 · Director	Director
My First Love1988 · Director	Director
FFatal Judgement1988 · Director	Director
Backfire1988 · Director	Director
Child's Cry1986 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Consenting Adult1985 · Director	Director
Burning Rage1984 · Director	Director
Goldilocks and the Three Bears1984 · Director	Director
Hobson's Choice1983 · Director	Director
Rapunzel1983 · Director	Director
Country Gold1982 · Director	Director
The Kid From Nowhere1982 · Producer	Producer
Oh, God! Book II1980 · Director	Director
The Last Married Couple in America1980 · Director	Director
The Promise1979 · Director	Director
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye1977 · Director	Director
Dragonfly1976 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
After the Fall1974 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Affair1973 · Director	Director
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams1973 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
To All My Friends on Shore1972 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
I Never Sang for My Father1970 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Rings Around the World1967 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer