Peter Yates (born 24 July 1929 in Aldershot, Hampshire) is an English film director and producer. He went to Charterhouse School as a boy, graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked for some years as an actor, director and stage manager. In the 1950s he started in the movie industry as a dubbing assistant and later an assistant director for Tony Richardson. He made his first film "Summer Holiday" (1963) and later "One Way Pendulum" (1965), … Wikipedia
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