Peter Yates life and biography

Peter Yates was a British filmmaker, probably best known for the iconic Steve McQueen cop drama Bullitt, and Oscar nominated for the cycling adventure Breaking Away and art-house hit The Dresser.

Yates died in London on 9 January 2011. He was 81 years old.

His first film as a director was Summer Holiday (1963). Yates had directed the original Royal Court production of N. F. Simpson's play One Way Pendulum and was chosen to make the film version released in 1964. Robbery (1967), a crime thriller, is a fictionalised version of the Great Train Robbery of 1963, and this led to Bullitt (1968). After Bullitt, Yates would do action films, but would intermix them with comedy and drama films.

Yates was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Bullitt (1968). Yates produced and directed Breaking Away (1979), which was nominated for five Academy Awards ("Oscars") including Best Director and Best Film for Yates. Yates also produced and directed The Dresser (1983), which was an adaptation of the Ronald Harwood stage play. The film received seven BAFTA and five Oscar nominations, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film and for Best Direction and the Academy Award for Best Film and for Best Director for Yates. The Dresser was also entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. He went on to direct other film such as Krull, The House on Carroll Street, The Deep, and Suspect plus comedies like For Pete's Sake.

Filmography:

The Saint (1962) (TV)
Summer Holiday (1963)
Danger Man (1964) (TV)
One Way Pendulum (1964)
Koroshi (1966) (TV)
Robbery (1967)
Bullitt (1968)
John and Mary (1969)
Murphy's War (1971)
The Hot Rock (1972)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
For Pete's Sake (1974)
Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
The Deep (1977)
Breaking Away (1979)
Eyewitness (1981)
Krull (1983)
The Dresser (1983)
Eleni (1985)
Suspect (1987)
The House on Carroll Street (1988)
An Innocent Man (1989)
Year of the Comet (1992)
The Run of the Country (1995)
Roommates (1995)
Curtain Call (1999)
Don Quixote (2000) (TV)
A Separate Peace (2004) (TV)

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