David Yates

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

5

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-10-08 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK

Also Known As

  • 데이빗 예이츠

David Yates

Biography

David Yates (born 30 November 1963) is an English director and producer of film and television, best known for directing the final four films in the Harry Potter franchise.

His first two Potter films (Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince) became the highest-grossing entries in the series since the first instalment, which was later surpassed by Yates' Deathly Hallows - Part 2, making him the most commercially successful British director in recent years. He achieved international attention for his award-winning short films early in his career, which led to him becoming a prolific television director with credits including the BBC costume drama The Way We Live Now, the acclaimed political thriller State of Play and the BAFTA-lauded two-part drama Sex Traffic. Due to the success of these dramas and subsequent projects, Yates is considered as one of Britain's most celebrated directors of film and television.

His work on the Harry Potter series brought him critical and commercial success along with accolades, such as the British Academy Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing. Yates won the Directors Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for the six-part political thriller State of Play (2003).

Throughout his works, Yates uses hand-held cameras to visually provoke the subject matter; the technique is noted as one of his directorial trademarks. Yates is married to Yvonne Walcott, who is the aunt of Arsenal football player Theo Walcott.

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Directing

Fantastic Beasts 4 as Director
Fantastic Beasts 5 as Director
2023
Pain Hustlers as Director
2022
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore as Director
2018
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald as Director
2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as Director
2016
The Legend of Tarzan as Director
2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 as Director
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Director
2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Director
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Director
2005
The Girl in the Café as Director
2004
Sex Traffic as Director
2003
The Young Visiters as Director
2003
State of Play as Director
2002
Rank as Director
2001
The Way We Live Now as Director
2000
Sins as Director
1998
The Tichborne Claimant as Director
1991
Oranges and Lemons as Director
1991
The Weaver's Wife as Director
1988
When I Was a Girl as Director
1984
The Bill as Director

Production

2023
Pain Hustlers as Producer
2016
The Legend of Tarzan as Executive Producer
1988
When I Was a Girl as Producer

Writing

1991
The Weaver's Wife as Writer
1988
When I Was a Girl as Writer
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