- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 8, 1963
- Place of Birth
- St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
David Yates
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 clo…
Filmography
movieJulián
2026 · Executive Producer
movieRoommate Regret
2024 · Co-Executive Producer
moviePain Hustlers
2023 · Director, Producer
movieFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022 · Director
movieHarry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022 · Self
movie(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story
2021 · Self
movieFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018 · Director
movieFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016 · Director
movieThe Legend of Tarzan
2016 · Director, Executive Producer
movieDaniel Radcliffe: Being Harry Potter
2012 · Self - Director
movieWhen Harry Left Hogwarts
2011 · Self
movieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011 · Director
movieHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Director
tvCreating the Wizarding World - Behind the Scenes of Harry Potter
2009 · Director
movieHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 · Director
movieHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Director
movieThe Girl in the Café
2005 · Director
tvSex Traffic
2004 · Director
movieThe Young Visiters
2003 · Director
tvState of Play
2003 · Director
Rank
movieRank
2002 · Director
tvThe Way We Live Now
2001 · Director
tvThe Sins
2000 · Director
movieThe Tichborne Claimant
1999 · Director
movieOranges and Lemons
1991 · Director
The Weaver's Wife
movieThe Weaver's Wife
1991 · Writer, Director
movieWhen I Was a Girl
1988 · Writer, Producer, Director
tvThe Bill
1984 · Director
Banquet
movieBanquet
— · Executive Producer
Phantom Son
moviePhantom Son
— · Director
movieGhost Story
— · Thanks