
Peter Yates
Directing
Born: 1929-07-24 · Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
Died: 2011-01-09
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 "li
🎬 Movies (30)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Self – Interviewee

Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
2005
Self

A Separate Peace
2004
Director

Don Quixote
2000
Director

'Bullitt': Steve McQueen's Commitment to Reality
1998
Self

Curtain Call
1998
Director

Good Will Hunting
1997
Thanks

The Run of the Country
1995
Director

Roommates
1995
Director

Needful Things
1993
Executive Producer

Year of the Comet
1992
Director

An Innocent Man
1989
Director

The House on Carroll Street
1988
Director

Suspect
1987
Director

Eleni
1985
Director
Journey to Krull
1983
Self

Krull
1983
Director

The Dresser
1983
Director

Eyewitness
1981
Director

Breaking Away
1979
Director

The Deep
1977
Director

Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
Director

For Pete's Sake
1974
Director

The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973
Director

The Hot Rock
1972
Director

Murphy's War
1971
Director

John and Mary
1969
Director

Bullitt
1968
Director

Koroshi
1968
Director

Robbery
1967
Director




