- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 24, 1929
- Place of Birth
- Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
- Died
- January 9, 2011
Peter Yates
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 secur…
Filmography
movieCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 · Self – Interviewee
tvMovie Connections
2007 · Self
movieSteve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005 · Self
movieA Separate Peace
2004 · Director
movieDon Quixote
2000 · Director
movieCurtain Call
1998 · Director
movie'Bullitt': Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality
1998 · Self
movieGood Will Hunting
1997 · Thanks
movieThe Run of the Country
1995 · Director, Producer
movieRoommates
1995 · Director
movieNeedful Things
1993 · Executive Producer
movieYear of the Comet
1992 · Director, Producer
movieAn Innocent Man
1989 · Director
movieThe House on Carroll Street
1988 · Director, Producer
movieSuspect
1987 · Director
movieEleni
1985 · Director
movieThe Dresser
1983 · Director, Producer
movieKrull
1983 · Director
Journey to Krull
movieJourney to Krull
1983 · Self
movieEyewitness
1981 · Director, Producer
movieBreaking Away
1979 · Director, Producer
movieThe Deep
1977 · Director
movieMother, Jugs & Speed
1976 · Producer, Director
movieFor Pete's Sake
1974 · Director
movieThe Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973 · Director
tvMidi trente
1972 · Self
movieThe Hot Rock
1972 · Director
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
movieMurphy's War
1971 · Director
movieJohn and Mary
1969 · Director
tvStasera Fernandel
1968 · Creator
movieKoroshi
1968 · Director
movieBullitt
1968 · Director
movieRobbery
1967 · Director, Screenplay
movieOne Way Pendulum
1965 · Director
movieSummer Holiday
1963 · Director
tvThe Saint
1962 · Director
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
movieA Taste of Honey
1961 · Assistant Director
movieThe Guns of Navarone
1961 · Assistant Director
tvDanger Man
1960 · Director
movieThe Entertainer
1960 · Assistant Director
movieCover Girl Killer
1959 · Assistant Director