Peter Yates
Peter James Yates
About the person
Career:
Directing
Date of birth:1929-07-24
Place of birth:Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
Gender:Male
Popularity:1
Date of death2011-01-09
81Biography
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.