FILM DIRECTOR

Peter Yates

1929 - 2011

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Peter James Yates (24 July 1929 – 9 January 2011) was an English film director and producer, known for making films in a wide variety of genres. He received nominations for four Academy Awards (twice for Best Director and Best Picture), three BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Originally training as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Yates entered the film industry as an assistant director for top directors like Tony Richardson. After directing television programmes like The Saint and Danger Man, Yates made a breakthrough directing the heist film Robbery (1967). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Yates is the 537th most popular film director (down from 522nd in 2024), the 2,279th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,928th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Peter Yates ranks 537 out of 2,041. Before him are Zoltán Fábri, Ariane Mnouchkine, Philip Kaufman, Shin Sang-ok, André Delvaux, and Lee Chang-dong. After him are Derek Jarman, Robert Frank, Luis García Berlanga, George P. Cosmatos, Alexander Kluge, and Renato Castellani.

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Among people born in 1929, Peter Yates ranks 206. Before him are Duje Bonačić, Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Josef Suk, and Gerhard Hanappi. After him are Roger Byrne, Shakuntala Devi, René Laloux, Julinho, Adrienne Rich, and Edison Denisov. Among people deceased in 2011, Peter Yates ranks 143. Before him are María Elena Walsh, Ali Saibou, Édouard Glissant, Hella Haasse, Jean Bartik, and Josef Suk. After him are Ladislav Novák, Kazimierz Świątek, Mohamed Bouazizi, Josip Katalinski, Virgilio Noè, and Osamu Dezaki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Yates ranks 2,279 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Liston (1794), Jim Lea (1949), Marina Diamandis (1985), Mary McAleese (1951), Dave Evans (1953), and J. B. Priestley (1894). After him are Derek Jarman (1942), John Williams (1903), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), Shane MacGowan (1957), Elihu Thomson (1853), and Roger Fry (1866).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Peter Yates ranks 42. Before him are David Yates (1963), David Byrne (1952), Michael Anderson (1920), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), Mike Leigh (1943), and Nicolas Roeg (1928). After him are Derek Jarman (1942), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Hugh Hudson (1936), Ken Annakin (1914), Roger Deakins (1949), and John Badham (1939).

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