FILM DIRECTOR

Peter Yates

1929 - 2011

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Peter James Yates (24 July 1929 – 9 January 2011) was an English film director and producer. He was known for making films in a wide variety of genres, including the Steve McQueen police thriller film Bullitt in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Yates has received more than 630,672 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Peter Yates is the 522nd most popular film director (down from 509th in 2019), the 1,929th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,925th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Peter Yates ranks 522 out of 2,041. Before him are Mike Leigh, Néstor Almendros, James Wong, Luis García Berlanga, Claude Autant-Lara, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After him are Seijun Suzuki, Tom Tykwer, Benoît Jacquot, Ulrich Seidl, Mikhail Romm, and Gorō Miyazaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Peter Yates ranks 181. Before him are Andrew Bertie, Frano Selak, Gastone Moschin, Fred Sinowatz, Ronnie Biggs, and Joe Pass. After him are Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Karl Koller, Eric Carle, Tayeb Salih, Anna Walentynowicz, and Edison Denisov. Among people deceased in 2011, Peter Yates ranks 131. Before him are Jack Kevorkian, Inese Jaunzeme, Lazar Mojsov, Josef Suk, Susannah York, and Édouard Glissant. After him are Andy Whitfield, Hella Haasse, Osamu Dezaki, Montserrat Figueras, Lena Nyman, and Michael Dummett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Yates ranks 1,929 out of 8,785. Before him are Colin Davis (1927), George Whitefield (1714), Cynric (450), John A. Macdonald (1815), Eddie Irvine (1965), and Tobias Smollett (1721). After him are Louisa Adams (1775), Richard Long (1945), John Gould (1804), June Whitfield (1925), Adele (1988), and Andy Whitfield (1971).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Peter Yates ranks 34. Before him are David Yates (1963), Ken Russell (1927), Derek Jarman (1942), John Badham (1939), Michael Apted (1941), and Mike Leigh (1943). After him are Ken Annakin (1914), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Hugh Hudson (1936), George Albert Smith (1864), David Byrne (1952), and Chris Menges (1940).

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