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Yates directed Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a 2016 film which is the first in a series of five instalments based on J. K. Rowling's book, set in the world of her Harry Potter novels. [89] David Heyman and Harry Potter screenwriter Steve Kloves joined Yates and J. K. Rowling in developing the script. [ 90 ]
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Yates' first feature as director was Summer Holiday (1963), a "lightweight" [6] vehicle for Cliff Richard. It was the second most popular movie at the British box office in 1963. [7] Yates had seen the original Royal Court production of N.F. Simpson's play One Way Pendulum and got the job of making the film version released in 1964.
"I did, and I really liked it," said Yates. "When my agent established no director was attached, I went to see [producer] Robert Halmi and said I'd like to make 'Quixote'." [ 2 ] By coincidence, Yates had been attached in the 1970s to direct a film version of Don Quixote , based on a screenplay by Waldo Salt , which would have starred Richard ...
The film is told in a flashback format with Gage, now living in the United States, returning to his native Greece to solve the mystery of his mother's death when he was a child.
The Way We Live Now is a 2001 six-part television adaptation of the Anthony Trollope 1875 novel The Way We Live Now.The serial was first broadcast on the BBC and was directed by David Yates, written by Andrew Davies and produced by Nigel Stafford-Clark.
Pain Hustlers is a 2023 American crime comedy film co-produced and directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Wells Tower, based on the 2022 book of the same name by Evan Hughes. [3] [4] The film is loosely based on the activities of the real world company Insys Therapeutics and their role in the US opioid crisis.
The Tichborne Claimant is a 1998 British drama film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Joe Fisher. The film stars John Kani, Robert Pugh, Stephen Fry, Robert Hardy and John Gielgud. It is based on the Tichborne case, a historical case of identity theft.