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Highest Rated: 96% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Lowest Rated: 23% Pain Hustlers (2023)

Birthday: Nov 30, 1963

Birthplace: St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK

A skilled director with a strong visual style and a flair for realism who crafted stories of modern intrigue and corruption, David Yates made the rare jump from working on edgy television projects in his native England to overseeing one of the world's most lucrative film series. After a decade-long journey which brought him to the forefront of small screen drama, Yates hit his stride with the arresting political dramas "State of Play" (2003) and "Sex Traffic" (2004), both of which lead to BAFTA Awards recognition and the unlikely assignment of taking over the blockbuster "Harry Potter" franchise. Of course, his British roots may have explained a bit of why he was brought to Hollywood to begin work on "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007), but his penchant for rather bleak material in the past might not have put him on top of the list for desired directors. It was, however, his work on British television that caught the attention of producers, allowing Yates to settle in to direct the final four installments to the series. Following "Order of the Phoenix," he directed "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (2009), and the highly anticipated finale "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" (2010) and "Part 2" (2011), each of which earned widespread critical praise while smashing box office records. Because of a certain young wizard, Yates was suddenly an in-demand filmmaker who had virtual carte blanche to direct anything he wanted.

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David Yates David Yates THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, from left: director David Yates, Alexander Skarsgard as Tarzan, on set, 2016. ph Jonathan Olley/© Warner Bros. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE, front, from left: director David Yates, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson (from behind), Daniel Radcliffe (standing, second from right), Jim Broadbent, on set, 2009. ph: Jaap Buitendijk/©Warner Bros. FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD, ON SET, L-R: DOP PHILIPPE ROUSSELOT, DIRECTOR D. YATES, 2018. ©2018 WARNER BROS. ENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WIZARDING WORLDTM PUBLISHING RIGHTS ©J.K. ROWLING WIZARDING WORLD AND ALL RELATED CHARACTERS AND ELEMENTS ARE TRADEMARKS OF AND ©WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, from left, director David Yates, Dan Fogler, on-set, 2016. ph: Jaap Buitendijk. © Warner Bros. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, from left, Alison Sudol, director David Yates, on-set, 2016. ph: Jaap Buitendijk. © Warner Bros. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, director David Yates, on-set, 2016. ph: Jaap Buitendijk. © Warner Bros. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, from left, director David Yates, Eddie Redmayne, on-set, 2016. ph: Jaap Buitendijk. © Warner Bros. THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, director David Yates (center), Margot Robbie as Jane (right), on set, 2016. ph Jonathan Olley/© Warner Bros. View more photos

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