Peter Yates

Peter Yates

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1929-07-24
Deathday: 2011-01-09 (81 years old)

Biography

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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Filmography

all 43

Movies 36

Director 29

self 7

TV Shows 7

Producer 5

Creator 1

Director / Producer
The Dresser

The Dresser (1983)

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Director / Producer
Breaking Away

Breaking Away (1979)

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5
Assistant Director
The Entertainer

The Entertainer (1960)

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Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1929-07-24

Deathday
2011-01-09 (81 years old)

Birth Place
Aldershot, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom

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