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Peter Yates

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  • 1929 - 2011

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Birthday: 1929-07-24

Born At: Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

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Good Will Hunting
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Krull
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Bullitt
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The Guns of Navarone
10911
Suspect
12623
The Entertainer
18929
Breaking Away
20283
The Deep
20416
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
25680
Mother, Jugs & Speed
26176
An Innocent Man
29185
Eyewitness
31679
For Pete's Sake
31901
Murphy's War
35068
The Dresser
42122
Eleni
42834
Summer Holiday
43532
Year of the Comet
44941
The Hot Rock
46059
Curtain Call
48689
John and Mary
61742
Robbery
73208
A Separate Peace
75160
The House on Carroll Street
75889
Roommates
161495
One Way Pendulum
175182
Don Quixote
207937
The Run of the Country
221917
Koroshi
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