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Peter Yates
Producer 1929 - 2011

Peter Yates

Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

Peter James Yates (24 July 1929 – 9 January 2011) was an English film director and producer. He was born in Aldershot, Hampshire. The son of an army officer, he attended Charterhouse School as a boy, graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked for some years... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person produced

3 titles
The Dresser

The Dresser

Peter Yates 1983 1h 58m 7.0

Personal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear.

Eyewitness

Eyewitness

Peter Yates 1981 1h 43m 6.3

A janitor who claims he's seen a murder becomes romantically involved with the glamorous TV reporter covering the story.

Breaking Away

Breaking Away

Peter Yates 1979 1h 41m 6.5

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his 3 friends, The comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends and parents annoyance.

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