Film director David yates He was born on November 30, 1963 in the town of St. Helen (Merseyside), in England.
In 1975 David saw the movie “Shark” from Steven Spielberg, which inspired him to pursue a career in film; shortly after his mother bought him a Super8mm camera, which David used to film his friends and family. After finishing high school, he studied Sociology, Political Science and Literature at the St Helens College; later attended the University of Essex and later at Georgetown University from Washington DC, in the United States.
Yachts trained as a film director at the National Film and Television School of Beaconsfield. His first jobs were for English television and also making short films. The first of them, of which he was director, screenwriter and producer, was “When I Was a Girl“(1988), which was presented at various film festivals, winning the award Golden gate in the San Francisco Film Festival and the award to Best short film in the Cork International Festival from Ireland. This one they followed “The Weaver’s Wife“(1991),”Oranges and Lemons“(1992) and”Good looks“(1992).
In the mid 90’s, Yachts He went to television, where he directed different episodes of the English series “Moving Pictures“,”The Bill” Y “Tale of Three Seaside Towns“.
His first feature film was the independent film “The Tichborne Claimant“(1998), starring Robert Pugh, John kani Y Stephen Fry, which got rave reviews. Yachts He then returned to television to direct two miniseries, a format for which he would be recognized. The first one was “The Way We Live Now“in 2001, followed by”State of Play“in 2003 that featured performances by Bill nighy, James mcavoy Y Kelly macdonald. “State of Play“It became a hit with the public and critics and was later made into a movie in the United States with the same title and in Spanish it was called”Shadow of power“(2009). The film was starred by Russell crowe, Rachel McAdams Y Ben affleck
Yachts He continued his career directing three films for television: “The Young Visiters“(2003),”Sex traffic“(2004) and”The Girl in the Café“(2005), all very well received by critics and that earned him several awards and nominations for important awards such as the BAFTA or the Emmy.
Next, and while working on the adaptation of the novel by Evelyn waugh, “Return to Brideshead“Yates was contacted to be the director of what would be his largest project in commercial terms to date:”Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix“(2007), fifth installment of the series of films based on the novels written by the Scottish JK Rowling; and who had previously directed Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuaron Y Mike newell. The director accepted immediately and the film became the second highest grossing film in the series with revenues that exceeded 938 million dollars, obtaining Yachts nominations for the Empire Awards Y Saturn.
The rest of his career is well known; Yachts directed the rest of the films in the series: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince“, released in 2009 and the last installment divided into two parts:”Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1“released on November 19, 2010 and”Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part II“on July 15, 2011.