Actor

David Yates

Directing

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Acting credits

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TMDB popularity

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Movies: 19Series: 5Crew credits: 20

TMDB ID: 11343

IMDb ID: nm0946734

Known for: Directing

Born: October 8, 1963

Age: 62

Place of birth: St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1984 - 2024

Years active: 41

Average TMDB rating: 7.12

Wikidata: Q312988

Also known as

데이빗 예이츠 • دیوید یتس

Other jobs

Director (18)Co-Executive Producer (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

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 and has had a close partnership with Warner Bros. as a director and producer. Around 2022, he began working through his own production company, Wychwood Media.