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- Director
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Having seen Robbery (1967) and Bullitt (1968), it comes as no surprise that Peter Yates started out as a professional racing car driver and team manager - albeit briefly - before turning his attention to film. The son of a military man, he was educated at Charterhouse School and trained at RADA, gaining his first experience as an actor with local repertory companies. In the early 1950's, he worked as a dubbing assistant, cutter, stage manager and theatre director (Royal Court), eventually graduating to assistant director on The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958). He cut his teeth, directing many episodes of The Saint (1962) and Secret Agent (1964) for television, before helming his first feature film, the musical Summer Holiday (1963).
"Summer Holiday" did nothing for his career. However, the exhilarating car chase through the streets of London - staged for his next film, "Robbery" - so impressed Steve McQueen that he requested Yates to direct him in "Bullitt". The rest is history: for many years, THAT car chase became the yard stick by which all others were measured. The success of this venture prompted Yates to remain in America, adapting himself to a variety of other genres, though continuing to be preoccupied with action subjects. His best films include the stylish and ingenious caper comedy The Hot Rock (1972); the underwater adventure The Deep (1977), based on the novel and screenplay by Peter Benchley; and the quirky coming-of-age comedy Breaking Away (1979). For the latter, Yates received simultaneous Oscar nominations as Best Director and Best Producer.
He was nominated again for a more cerebral 'actor's piece', The Dresser (1983), starring Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay , based on a play about an ageing stage actor and his long-standing assistant. Never a prolific director, Yates subsequently made only a few more films. Most memorable, perhaps, were the courtroom thriller Suspect (1987), the political drama The House on Carroll Street (1988) and the enjoyably old-fashioned comedy It All Came True (1998), starring Michael Caine and Maggie Smith as a couple of theatrical ghosts.- Gaston L'Heureux was born on 14 May 1943 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for 100% bio (2003), Vaut mieux en rire (1982) and Research Unit (2006). He died on 9 January 2011 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Ramón Gaona was born on 31 August 1934 in Vega de la Torre, Veracruz, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Carroña humana (1989), The Infernal Rapist (1988) and El caudillo (1968). He died on 9 January 2011 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Writer
- Animation Department
- Director
Marian Kielbaszczak was born on 8 September 1935. Marian was a writer and director, known for Kolorowy swiat pacyka (1981), Mis Uszatek (1975) and Przygody misia Colargola (1968). Marian died on 9 January 2011 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.- Tom Lubbock was born on 28 December 1957. He was a writer, known for The Wolvis Family (1991) and Saturday Review (1986). He was married to Marion Coutts. He died on 9 January 2011 in London, England, UK.
- Nínawa Daher died on 9 January 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Adam Marszalik was born on 9 March 1942 in Bieniakonie, Nowogródzkie, Poland [now Benyakoni, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Television Theater (1953), Zakleta (1997) and Twarze i maski (2001). He died on 9 January 2011 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Barry Lakeman was an actor, known for Second Hand Wedding (2008), Year of the Child (2010) and How Life Is (2004). He was married to Marjorie McKee. He died on 9 January 2011 in Wellington, New Zealand.
- Dave Sisler was born on 16 October 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He died on 9 January 2011 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.