Yates, Peter, 1929-2011

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Name (Latin)
Yates, Peter, 1929-2011
Date of birth
1929-07-24
Date of death
2011-01-09
Field of activity
Automobile racing
Motion picture authorship
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Television--Production and direction
Occupation
Producers and directors
Automobile racing drivers
Motion picture producers and directors
Screenwriters
Television producers and directors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 57511621
Wikidata: Q314301
Library of congress: n 91100048
Sources of Information
  • IMDb, March 21, 2018:(Peter Yates, director, producer ; b. July 24, 1929 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK ; d. January 9, 2011 (age 81) in London, England, UK ; started out as a professional racing car driver and team manager - albeit briefly - before turning his attention to film ; he was educated at Charterhouse School and trained at RADA)
  • Int'l. tv alm., 1986(Peter Yates; b. 7/24/1929; producer and director)
  • New York times WWW site, Jan. 11, 2011(Peter Yates; b. Peter James Yates, July 24, 1929, Aldershot, Hampshire (according to most sources), or Ewshot (according to his wife); d. Sunday [Jan. 9, 2011], London, aged 81; British-born director whose best-known films were well-observed tales of Americana, including the car-chase cop thriller Bullitt and the coming-of-age, bike-race comedy Breaking away)
  • Suspect [MP] 1987:credits (directed by Peter Yates)