Peter Yates

Peter Yates is one of those directors I respect precisely because he refused to be boxed in. An Englishman born in Aldershot in 1929, he hopped across genres rather than chasing a signature style, and that restlessness is exactly why his filmography feels so alive to me. Earning four Academy Award nominations across both Best Director and Best Picture tells you the industry took his range seriously, not just his hits. I admire filmmakers who trust the material over their own ego, and Yates seems to have done that until his death in 2011. A craftsman's craftsman, in the best sense.

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Name (English)

Peter Yates

Name (Japanese)

ピーター・イェーツ

Reading

ぴーたー・いぇーつ

Born

July 24, 1929 – January 9, 2011

Origin

Aldershot, United Kingdom

Occupation

film producer / film director / screenwriter / director / television director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Yates
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314301

Tags

• film producer
• film director
• screenwriter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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