Peter Yates

Directing·Jul 24, 1929·Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Yates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff2010 · Self – Interviewee	Self – Interviewee
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool2005 · Self	Self
A Separate Peace2004 · Director	Director
Don Quixote2000 · Director	Director
Curtain Call1998 · Director	Director
'Bullitt': Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality1998 · Self	Self
The Run of the Country1995 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Roommates1995 · Director	Director
Year of the Comet1992 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
An Innocent Man1989 · Director	Director
The House on Carroll Street1988 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Suspect1987 · Director	Director
Eleni1985 · Director	Director
The Dresser1983 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Krull1983 · Director	Director
JJourney to Krull1983 · Self	Self
Eyewitness1981 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Breaking Away1979 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Deep1977 · Director	Director
Mother, Jugs & Speed1976 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
For Pete's Sake1974 · Director	Director
The Friends of Eddie Coyle1973 · Director	Director
The Hot Rock1972 · Director	Director
Murphy's War1971 · Director	Director
John and Mary1969 · Director	Director
Koroshi1968 · Director	Director
Bullitt1968 · Director	Director
Robbery1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
One Way Pendulum1965 · Director	Director
Summer Holiday1963 · Director	Director