1963 - Today
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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Among film directors, David Yates ranks 408 out of 1,581. Before 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.
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 402
1923 - 2016
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 403
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 404
1900 - 1973
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 405
1920 - 2018
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 406
1931 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 407
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 408
1899 - 1963
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 409
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 410
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 411
1929 - 2022
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 412
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 413
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 414
Among people born in 1963, David Yates ranks 79. Before 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.
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 73
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 74
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 75
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 76
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 77
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 78
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 79
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 80
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 81
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 82
1963 - 2022
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 83
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 84
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 85
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Yates ranks 1,593 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1884 - 1964
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 1,587
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 1,588
1920 - 2018
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 1,589
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 1,590
1455 - 1483
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 1,591
1321 - 1362
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 1,592
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 1,593
1724 - 1806
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 1,594
1916 - 1995
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 1,595
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 1,596
1554 - 1586
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 1,597
1865 - 1928
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 1,598
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 1,599
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, David Yates ranks 29. Before 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).
1925 - 2015
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 23
1942 - 1994
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 24
1954 - 2008
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 25
1941 - 2021
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 26
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 27
1920 - 2018
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 28
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 29
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 30
1914 - 2002
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 31
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 32
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 33
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 34
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 35