Peter Yates

Robert Relyea dies at 82; film producer and MGM/UA executive

2013-03-17 14:20:00

Robert E. Relyea, who began producing films with actor Steve McQueen in the 1960s and rose to president of production for MGM/UA in the late 1990s, has died. He was 82. The Hollywood veteran, who also worked with such actors as Elvis Presley and John...

Altman, Pacino and Hope and Crosby among weekend highlights

2013-03-14 06:00:00

An early film by Robert Atman, a sneak preview of Al Pacino as Phil Spector and a�Bob Hope and Bing Crosby "Road" picture double bill are among the highlights this weekend. The UCLA Film & Television Archive's Festival of Preservation offers a rare...

Around Town: Steve McQueen, the King of Cool, rides again

2012-03-29 16:39:03

Peter Yates dies at 81; director of 'Bullitt'

2011-01-11 00:00:00

Peter Yates, the British director of "Breaking Away," "The Dresser" and "Bullitt," the 1968 Steve McQueen movie whose landmark car chase sequence over the hilly streets of San Francisco was a career-defining moment for both director and star, has died. He...

Dennis Quaid: 'At Any Price' star puts experiences to use

2013-04-26 09:54:00

There was a time, in the late 1980s, when each new film starring Dennis Quaid was The One. The one destined to make him not just an actor, not just an actor with guts and a wily, toothy joker's grin, but a huge box-office-reliable star. In the summer of...

Looking back at 'Diner,' 30 years later

2011-12-03 12:35:00

Few films in movie history — and maybe no other film by a first-time writer-director — proved to be the breakthrough moment for as many talents as a made-in-Baltimore comedy-drama called "Diner." Viewers still respond to all the people in it,...

A toast to those we have lost in 2011

2011-12-22 00:00:00

You know, a lot of people tell me their favorite part of the column is the obituaries. I'm really hurt. It is, however, that time of year to remember the A&E folks we lost in the past 12 months. Two-time Oscar winner Elizabeth Taylor died in March,...

Obligan a Vodafone a entregar datos de supuestos pinchazos a Sienna Miller

2011-04-06 00:00:00

The British director earned Academy Award nominations for "Breaking Away" and "The Dresser." "Bullitt" was Yates' American directing debut.

2011-02-08 15:44:27