Birthplace: St. Helens, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
biography
As a skilled craftsman, creating stories of modern intrigue and corruption, director David Yates made the rare jump from working on acclaimed, edgy television projects in his native England to overseeing one of the world’s most anticipated Hollywood blockbusters. After a decade-plus-long journey which ultimately brought him to the forefront of small screen drama, Yates hit his stride with the arresting political tales “State of Play” (2003) and “Sex Traffic” (2004) – two unlikely British miniseries whose timelines coincided with the bleaker happenings in the world of “Harry Potter.” The famous
