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Peter Yates
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British film director and producer (1929-2011)
OverviewAI-generated
Peter James Yates was a British film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, on July 24, 1929, he began his work period in 1958. He was educated at Charterhouse School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Yates was a citizen of the United Kingdom and spoke English.
He received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Picture. Yates died in London on January 9, 2011, due to heart failure resulting from natural causes. His notable works include *Cast a Pebble in the Ocean*, *Kill Me One More Time*, *Lie Detector*, *Gullibility Factor*, and *Love Is for Life Not Just for Christmas*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 46
Top works
- Cast a Pebble in the Ocean
- Kill Me One More Time
- Lie Detector
- Gullibility Factor
- Love Is for Life Not Just for Christmas
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Film & TV
Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
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…
Known for
- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff — Self – Interviewee2010
- Movie Connections — Self2007
- Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool — Self2005
- 'Bullitt': Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality — Self1998
- Midi trente — Self1972
- Film '72 — Self1971
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Australia
Discography
- Virtue2016
- Mercury - EP2016
- Same World2017
- Holiday Apartment2018
- Rust2019
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 300
- Total plays
- 1,031
(1) Peter Yates is a guitarist, composer, educator and multi-media artist. His work as a guitarist and chamber musician includes sixteen European tours with the Elgart/Yates Guitar Duo and continues with the voice/guitar duo GuitAria and the trio ensembleFRET. These groups have emphasized new and original composition, and have premiered over a hundred works, including many of his own. He is also the former director of the UCLA and Cal Poly Pomona guitar programs. <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Aldershot
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- television director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Peter Yates, film director.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1929-07-24
- date of death
- 2011-01-09
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- cause of death
- heart failure
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Peter Yates
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (10)
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