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FILM DIRECTOR

David Yates

1963 - Today

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David Yates (born 8 October 1963) is an English filmmaker, who has directed feature films, short films, and television productions. He is best known for directing the final four films in the Harry Potter series and the three films of its prequel series, Fantastic Beasts. 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 directed various short films and became a television director early in his career. His credits include the six-part political thriller State of Play (2003), for which he won the Directors Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, the adult two-part documentary drama Sex Traffic (2004) and the Emmy Award-winning television film The Girl in the Café (2005).Yates is a founding member of Directors UK. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Yates has received more than 3,177,412 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). David Yates is the 408th most popular film director (up from 447th in 2019), the 1,593rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,741st in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 3.2M

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  • 55.05

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  • 42

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  • 5.28

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  • 3.54

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, David Yates ranks 408 out of 1,581Before him are Neil Jordan, Alexandre Astruc, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Marc Allégret, Michael Anderson, and Jan Troell. After him are Gustaf Gründgens, Jerzy Stuhr, Michael Radford, Alain Tanner, Bertrand Blier, and Claire Denis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, David Yates ranks 79Before him are Rob Schneider, Jason Newsted, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Vladimir Petković, Junji Ito, and Roberto Donadoni. After him are Hakeem Olajuwon, Mikkey Dee, Kai Hansen, Coolio, Mike Pompeo, and May-Britt Moser.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Yates ranks 1,593 out of 7,765Before him are Gerald Gardner (1884), Ian Kershaw (1943), Michael Anderson (1920), James Fox (1939), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), and Joan of the Tower (1321). After him are George Stubbs (1724), James Herriot (1916), Rick Davies (1944), Philip Sidney (1554), Hannah Chaplin (1865), and Paul Scholes (1974).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, David Yates ranks 29Before him are John Guillermin (1925), Derek Jarman (1942), Anthony Minghella (1954), Michael Apted (1941), Adrian Lyne (1941), and Michael Anderson (1920). After him are Mike Leigh (1943), J. Lee Thompson (1914), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Roland Joffé (1945), Nicolas Roeg (1928), and David Byrne (1952).

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