Peter Yates

Peter Yates (24 July 1929 – 9 January 2011) was an English movie director and producer. He was born in Aldershot, Hampshire. He was nominated for the Academy Award for the movies Breaking Away and The Dresser. He was also nominated several time for BAFTA Awards. One of his best-known movies is Bullitt (1968), starring Steve McQueen. Yates died in London on 9 January 2011. He was 81 years old.

Films as director

 The Saint (1962) (TV)
 Summer Holiday (1963)
 One Way Pendulum (1964)
 Koroshi (1966) (TV)
 Robbery (1967)
 Bullitt (1968)
 John and Mary (1969)
 Murphy's War (1971)
 The Hot Rock (1972)
 The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
 For Pete's Sake (1974)
 Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
 The Deep (1977)
 Breaking Away (1979)
 Eyewitness (1981)
 Krull (1983)
 The Dresser (1983)
 Eleni (1985)
 Suspect (1987)
 The House on Carroll Street (1988)
 An Innocent Man (1989)
 Year of the Comet (1992)
 The Run of the Country (1995)
 Roommates (1995)
 Curtain Call (1998)
 Don Quixote (2000) (TV)
 A Separate Peace (2004) (TV)

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Category:British television directors
Category:English movie directors
Category:English movie producers
Category:People from Hampshire
Category:1929 births
Category:2011 deaths