David Yates\u00a0(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\u00a0Harry Potter series\u00a0and the three films of its prequel series,\u00a0Fantastic Beasts.\u00a0His work on the\u00a0Harry Potter series brought him critical and commercial success, along with accolades such as the\u00a0British Academy Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing.<\/p>\n
Yates directed various short films and became a television director early in his career. His credits include the six-part political thriller\u00a0State of Play (2003), for which he won the\u00a0Directors Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, the adult two-part documentary drama\u00a0Sex Traffic\u00a0(2004) and the\u00a0Emmy Award-winning television film\u00a0The Girl in the Caf\u00e9\u00a0(2005).<\/p>\n
Yates is a founding member of\u00a0Directors UK\u00a0and has had a close partnership with\u00a0Warner Bros.\u00a0as a director and producer.\u00a0Around 2022, he began working through his own production company,\u00a0Wychwood Media.<\/p>\n
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David Yates\u00a0(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\u00a0Harry Potter series\u00a0and the three films of its prequel series,\u00a0Fantastic Beasts.\u00a0His work on the\u00a0Harry Potter series brought him critical and commercial success, along with accolades […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-25763","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n