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Born October 8, 1963 · 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). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Yates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Pain Hustlers
2023

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016

The Legend of Tarzan
2016

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007

The Girl in the Café
2005

The Young Visiters
2003
Rank
2002

The Tichborne Claimant
1999

Oranges and Lemons
1991
The Weaver's Wife
1991

When I Was a Girl
1988
Phantom Son