David Yates
Directing
- Born
- October 8, 1963 (age 63) · St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
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).
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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.
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Known for
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
July 12, 2011
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
July 8, 2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
July 15, 2009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
November 17, 2010
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
November 16, 2016
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
November 14, 2018
The Legend of Tarzan
June 29, 2016
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
April 6, 2022
Pain Hustlers
October 20, 2023
The Girl in the Café
June 25, 2005
The Young Visiters
December 26, 2003
The Tichborne Claimant
November 12, 1999
Behind the camera20
- 2026Julián Executive Producer
- 2024Roommate Regret Co-Executive Producer
- 2023Pain Hustlers Director, Producer
- 2022Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Director
- 2018Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Director
- 2016Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Director
- 2016The Legend of Tarzan Director, Executive Producer
- 2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Director
- 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Director
- 2009