David Yates
About
Filmography
Biography
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Producer (Feature Film)
Director (Special)
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