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David Yates(II)

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David Yates at an event for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
IMDb sits down with director David Yates to discuss his first directing credit, a short film titled 'When I Was a Girl' from 1988.
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David Yates was born on 8 October 1963 in St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) and The Legend of Tarzan (2016).
BornOctober 8, 1963
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 17 wins & 21 nominations total

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    Rupert Grint, Matthew Lewis, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Bonnie Wright, and Evanna Lynch in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    7.5
    • Director
    • 2007
    Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, John Hurt, Alan Rickman, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ian Hart, Ciarán Hinds, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Michael Gambon, Jason Isaacs, Alexandre Desplat, Michael Henbury Ballan, David Barron, Alan Bennett, Sarah Bennett, Sean Biggerstaff, David Bradley, David Bulbeck, Peter Burroughs, Stuart Craig, Mark Day, Mike Edmonds, Alfred Enoch, Tom Felton, Rusty Goffe, Rupert Grint, George Harris, Guy Henry, Andrew Herd, Josh Herdman, David Heyman, Ralph Ineson, Gemma Jones, Tony Kirwood, Steve Kloves, Dave Legeno, Matthew Lewis, Kelly Macdonald, Miriam Margolyes, Helen McCrory, Nick Moran, Devon Murray, Luke Newberry, Ian Peck, Leslie Phillips, Katie Purvis, Daniel Radcliffe, Chris Rankin, Adrian Rawlins, J.K. Rowling, Keijo Salmela, Granville Saxton, Mark Sealey, Eduardo Serra, Judith Sharp, Geraldine Somerville, Richard Trinder, Julie Walters, Emma Watson, Brian Wheeler, Mark Williams, Bonnie Wright, David Yates, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Clémence Poésy, David Ledger, Gabriella Pond, Samantha Davis, Jessica Niles, Persephone Muse, Roseanna Brown, Graham Duff, Joshua Jo, Emil Hostina, Jonothon Masai, Natalia Tena, Georgina Leonidas, Ashley Beaver, Ashley McGuire, Jon Campling, Eva Loy, Nikki Bond, Lily Tello, Phil Holden, Chloé Bruce, David Decio, Katie Leung, Jeff Lipman, Nina Aimer Fox, Jon Key, William Melling, Afshan Azad, Domhnall Gleeson, Spencer Wilding, Natalie Hallam, Binde Johal, Andy Callaghan, Evanna Lynch, Matt Da Silva, Michael Thompson, Charlie Hobbs, Freddie Stroma, Lisa Osmond, Tony Montalbano, Jessie Cave, Benn Northover, Pauline Stone, Peter G. Reed, John Warman, Amber Evans, Ruby Evans, Johann Benét, Grace Meurisse Francis, Louis Cordice, Anna Shaffer, Isabella Laughland, Sean Francis George, Scarlett Hefner, Ninette Finch, Suzanne Toase, Mason Kayne, Tony Adkins, Aimee Holden, Curtis Rowland Small, Paul Bateman, Greg Doherty, Aaron Virdee, George Appleby, Ryan Turner, Ellie Darcey-Alden, Thomas Alan Williamson, Christian Black, Timothy Shieff, Maxwell Laird, Louisa Warren, Adam Brashaw, Kamilla Woodburn, Glen Stanway, Karen Anderson, Sarah-Jane De Crespigny, Arti Shah, Bertie Gilbert, Hebe Beardsall, Jamie McLeod-Ross, Nathan Barris, Mark Dusty Miller, Tim Mcgill Grieveson, Samuel Supple, Gino Picciano, Ifeoma Oboko, Chloe Franks, Sarah Lowe, Elisabeth Roberts, Kelvin Wise, Rohan Gotobed, Chris Knight, Will Dunn, Arthur Bowen, Anthony Allgood, Bob Yves Van Hellenberg Hubar, Joe Kallis, Matthew Hodgkin, Benedict Clarke, Grace Bruce, Hattie Gotobed, Lauren Barrand, Steve Poulsen, Robin Harvey, Jennifer Clegg, Jade Stanger, Victor Akintunde, Gemma Kayla, Helena Barlow, Sian Grace Phillips, Daphne de Beistegui, Toby Papworth, Ariella Paradise, Garry Sayer, Jade Gordon, Jordan Coulson, Nasir Mohamed, Amy Wiles, Israr Azam, Michael Aston, Josh Bennett, Laura Whitfield, Craig Garner, Ryan Webb, Christina Low, Charlie Ryall, Nick Hopper, Alfred Camp, Alain Stash, Steven Hopwood, Lucy Chappell, Chris Chan, Leila Kotori, Sha'ori Morris, Jamie John, Daniella Farley, George Christodoulou, Jada Brevett, Debra Leigh-Taylor, Nick Turner, Collet Collins, Hrvoje Klecz, Ben Champniss, Louisa Bettine, Steve Redford, Isla Jane Selley, Adam Alderman, Rachel Lin, Annabelle Davis, Marta Royles, Zoltan Adorjan, Melissa Gotobed, Dean Conder, Tobi Stubbs, Harper Heyman, Paul Bailey, Natalie Harrison, Phil Wright, Christoph Cordell, Albert Tang, Sandeep Mohan, Sammy Measom, Courtney Fearon, Gideon Tekeste, Rich Goble, and Abram Welsh in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    8.1
    • Director
    • 2011
    Alexander Skarsgård and Margot Robbie in The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
    The Legend of Tarzan
    6.2
    • Director
    • 2016
    Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
    7.7
    • Director
    • 2010

    Credits

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    Director

    • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 4
      • Director
      • In Development
    • Chris Evans and Emily Blunt in Pain Hustlers (2023)
      Pain Hustlers
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Jude Law, James Newton Howard, Jacqueline Boatswain, Matthias Brenner, Richard Coyle, Stuart Craig, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Mark Day, Dan Fogler, Fiona Glascott, David Heyman, Manuel Klein, Steve Kloves, Neil Lamont, Tim Lewis, Ramona Kunze-Libnow, Oliver Masucci, Mads Mikkelsen, William Nadylam, Paul Parker, George Richmond, J.K. Rowling, Peter Simonischek, Alison Sudol, Lionel Wigram, David Yates, Dónal Finn, Bo Ponomari, Mimi Pitakworraratana, Amore Psiche, Tony McCarthy, Stefan Race, Roy 'Tony' Pickering, David Thrower, Radha Sthanakiya, Winston Hayles, Cormac O'Shea, Emilia Karlsson, Lucy Ross, Paul Candelent, Tianyi Kiy, Jessica Cartledge, Isabelle Coverdale, Eugene Lin, Jessica Wai Sum Tong, Pippa Hurley, Eddie Redmayne, Cara Mahoney, Jessica Williams, David Bertrand, Katherine Waterston, Jan Pohl, Maja Bloom, Ezra Miller, Sean Talo, Hebe Beardsall, Richard Price, Nick Owenford, Victoria Yeates, Noor Dillan-Night, Callum Turner, Dave Wong, Martin Polak, Jeremy Azis, Martyn Mayger, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Paul Low-Hang, Sam Shoubber, Valerie Pachner, Lucas Englander, Wilf Scolding, Kazeem Tosin Amore, Nick Davison, Jag Patel, Alexander Kuznetsov, Elizabeth Back, Phil Reeve, Chris Robb, and Johnny Li Gotti in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)
      Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Dan Fogler, William Nadylam, Alison Sudol, Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Claudia Kim, Zoë Kravitz, Ezra Miller, and Callum Turner in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
      Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Eddie Redmayne, and Katherine Waterston in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
      Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Alexander Skarsgård and Margot Robbie in The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
      The Legend of Tarzan
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Adam Rayner, Ashraf Barhom, and Moran Atias in Tyrant (2014)
      Tyrant
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, John Hurt, Alan Rickman, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ian Hart, Ciarán Hinds, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Michael Gambon, Jason Isaacs, Alexandre Desplat, Michael Henbury Ballan, David Barron, Alan Bennett, Sarah Bennett, Sean Biggerstaff, David Bradley, David Bulbeck, Peter Burroughs, Stuart Craig, Mark Day, Mike Edmonds, Alfred Enoch, Tom Felton, Rusty Goffe, Rupert Grint, George Harris, Guy Henry, Andrew Herd, Josh Herdman, David Heyman, Ralph Ineson, Gemma Jones, Tony Kirwood, Steve Kloves, Dave Legeno, Matthew Lewis, Kelly Macdonald, Miriam Margolyes, Helen McCrory, Nick Moran, Devon Murray, Luke Newberry, Ian Peck, Leslie Phillips, Katie Purvis, Daniel Radcliffe, Chris Rankin, Adrian Rawlins, J.K. Rowling, Keijo Salmela, Granville Saxton, Mark Sealey, Eduardo Serra, Judith Sharp, Geraldine Somerville, Richard Trinder, Julie Walters, Emma Watson, Brian Wheeler, Mark Williams, Bonnie Wright, David Yates, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Clémence Poésy, David Ledger, Gabriella Pond, Samantha Davis, Jessica Niles, Persephone Muse, Roseanna Brown, Graham Duff, Joshua Jo, Emil Hostina, Jonothon Masai, Natalia Tena, Georgina Leonidas, Ashley Beaver, Ashley McGuire, Jon Campling, Eva Loy, Nikki Bond, Lily Tello, Phil Holden, Chloé Bruce, David Decio, Katie Leung, Jeff Lipman, Nina Aimer Fox, Jon Key, William Melling, Afshan Azad, Domhnall Gleeson, Spencer Wilding, Natalie Hallam, Binde Johal, Andy Callaghan, Evanna Lynch, Matt Da Silva, Michael Thompson, Charlie Hobbs, Freddie Stroma, Lisa Osmond, Tony Montalbano, Jessie Cave, Benn Northover, Pauline Stone, Peter G. Reed, John Warman, Amber Evans, Ruby Evans, Johann Benét, Grace Meurisse Francis, Louis Cordice, Anna Shaffer, Isabella Laughland, Sean Francis George, Scarlett Hefner, Ninette Finch, Suzanne Toase, Mason Kayne, Tony Adkins, Aimee Holden, Curtis Rowland Small, Paul Bateman, Greg Doherty, Aaron Virdee, George Appleby, Ryan Turner, Ellie Darcey-Alden, Thomas Alan Williamson, Christian Black, Timothy Shieff, Maxwell Laird, Louisa Warren, Adam Brashaw, Kamilla Woodburn, Glen Stanway, Karen Anderson, Sarah-Jane De Crespigny, Arti Shah, Bertie Gilbert, Hebe Beardsall, Jamie McLeod-Ross, Nathan Barris, Mark Dusty Miller, Tim Mcgill Grieveson, Samuel Supple, Gino Picciano, Ifeoma Oboko, Chloe Franks, Sarah Lowe, Elisabeth Roberts, Kelvin Wise, Rohan Gotobed, Chris Knight, Will Dunn, Arthur Bowen, Anthony Allgood, Bob Yves Van Hellenberg Hubar, Joe Kallis, Matthew Hodgkin, Benedict Clarke, Grace Bruce, Hattie Gotobed, Lauren Barrand, Steve Poulsen, Robin Harvey, Jennifer Clegg, Jade Stanger, Victor Akintunde, Gemma Kayla, Helena Barlow, Sian Grace Phillips, Daphne de Beistegui, Toby Papworth, Ariella Paradise, Garry Sayer, Jade Gordon, Jordan Coulson, Nasir Mohamed, Amy Wiles, Israr Azam, Michael Aston, Josh Bennett, Laura Whitfield, Craig Garner, Ryan Webb, Christina Low, Charlie Ryall, Nick Hopper, Alfred Camp, Alain Stash, Steven Hopwood, Lucy Chappell, Chris Chan, Leila Kotori, Sha'ori Morris, Jamie John, Daniella Farley, George Christodoulou, Jada Brevett, Debra Leigh-Taylor, Nick Turner, Collet Collins, Hrvoje Klecz, Ben Champniss, Louisa Bettine, Steve Redford, Isla Jane Selley, Adam Alderman, Rachel Lin, Annabelle Davis, Marta Royles, Zoltan Adorjan, Melissa Gotobed, Dean Conder, Tobi Stubbs, Harper Heyman, Paul Bailey, Natalie Harrison, Phil Wright, Christoph Cordell, Albert Tang, Sandeep Mohan, Sammy Measom, Courtney Fearon, Gideon Tekeste, Rich Goble, and Abram Welsh in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
      Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
      8.1
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
      Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
      7.7
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
      Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
      7.6
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Rupert Grint, Matthew Lewis, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Bonnie Wright, and Evanna Lynch in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
      Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
      7.5
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Kelly Macdonald and Bill Nighy in The Girl in the Café (2005)
      The Girl in the Café
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Sex Traffic (2004)
      Sex Traffic
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2004
    • The Young Visiters (2003)
      The Young Visiters
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2003
    • State of Play (2003)
      State of Play
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Rank (2002)
      Rank
      6.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2002

    Producer

    • Banquet
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
    • Chris Evans and Emily Blunt in Pain Hustlers (2023)
      Pain Hustlers
      6.6
      • producer (p.g.a.)
      • 2023
    • Alexander Skarsgård and Margot Robbie in The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
      The Legend of Tarzan
      6.2
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Adam Rayner, Ashraf Barhom, and Moran Atias in Tyrant (2014)
      Tyrant
      7.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Tale of Three Seaside Towns
      3.8
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1995
    • When I Was a Girl (1988)
      When I Was a Girl
      5.9
      Short
      • producer
      • 1988

    Writer

    • Josie Ayers and Rebecca Hill in The Weaver's Wife (1991)
      The Weaver's Wife
      6.2
      Short
      • screenplay
      • 1991
    • When I Was a Girl (1988)
      When I Was a Girl
      5.9
      Short
      • screenplay
      • 1988

    Videos17

    "Drop Your Wands"
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    "Drop Your Wands"
    "Cafe Attack"
    Clip 1:07
    "Cafe Attack"
    "Cafe Attack"
    Clip 1:07
    "Cafe Attack"
    "I Killed Sirius Black"
    Clip 1:16
    "I Killed Sirius Black"
    "Who Is the Half-Blood Prince?"
    Clip 0:44
    "Who Is the Half-Blood Prince?"
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- MTV Movie Awards Clip
    Clip 1:33
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- MTV Movie Awards Clip
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- "I'm in Love with Her"
    Clip 1:09
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- "I'm in Love with Her"

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
    • Born
      • October 8, 1963
      • St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
    • Relatives
        Andrew Yates(Sibling)
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Interview
      • 3 Articles

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    • Trivia
      His favorite Harry Potter film is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), one that was not directed by him .
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      People who work in television often don't think they can trust film makers because they are supposed to be a bit more arty and self indulgent, and people in film might think anyone who works in television is a hack. If we had more filmmakers working in television, and more television writers and directors working in film, we'd have a much healthier and more vital industry.
    • Trademarks
        Use of hand-held camera

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