David Yates

David Yates born 8 October 1963 is an English filmmaker who has directed feature films short films and television productions He is best known for directing the final four films in the Harry Potter series and the three films of its prequel series Fantastic Beasts His work on the Harry Potter series brought him critical and commercial success along with accolades such as the British Academy Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing Yates directed various short films and became a television director early in his career His credits include the sixpart political thriller State of Play 2003 for which he won the Directors Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement the adult twopart documentary drama Sex Traffic 2004 and the Emmy Awardwinning television film The Girl in the Café 2005 Yates is a founding member of Directors UK and has had a close partnership with Warner Bros as a director and producer Around 2022 he began working through his own production company Wychwood Media Description above from the Wikipedia article David Yates licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia