David Yates


Director

Biography

Life Events

1988

Filmed first short "When I Was a Girl"

1991

Directed the dramatic short "Oranges and Lemons" for the BBC

1994

Directed several episodes of the British police series "The Bill"

1998

Debuted as a feature director with "The Tichborne Claimant"

2000

Returned to television to helm several episodes of the BBC miniseries, "The Sins"

2001

Directed the adaptation of Anthony Trollope's satire "The Way We Live Now"

2002

Directed the BAFTA nominated short film, "Rank"

2003

Directed Jim Broadbent in "The Young Visiters"

2003

Helmed the BBC miniseries "State of Play"; earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Drama Serial

2004

Helmed the two-part British series "Sex Traffic"

2005

Directed Richard Curtis' Emmy Award-winning script "Girl in the Café" for the BBC and HBO; earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries

2007

Hired to direct the fifth Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

2009

Returned to direct the sixth Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"

2010

Directed the seventh and final instalment in the Harry Potter film series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"; film released in two parts, Part 1 in November 2010 and Part 2 in July 2011

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