Sam Yates

Sam Yates is an award-winning^[1] British director.^[2]

Yates was born in Stockport and attended Poynton High School.^[2] He was selected as one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow in 2016,^[3] named a rising star in The Observer in 2014,^[2] and featured in GQ Magazine's "Men of the next 25 years" in 2013.^[4] Yates has been described as "a major talent"^[5] in The Guardian newspaper and "a director of unusual flair"^[6] in The Observer. He went to Cambridge University.^[2]

Yates has directed two music videos for Ivor Novello Award-nominated band Bear's Den, Auld Wives^[7] and Emeralds.^[8]

Selected work

Stage

• Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill (2017, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield)
• Murder Ballad by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash with Ramin Karimloo, Kerry Ellis, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt and Norman Bowman (2016, Arts Theatre, West End)^[9]. Nominated for 2017 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical^[10]
• Cymbeline by William Shakespeare with Joseph Marcell and Pauline McLynn (2016, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe)^[11]
• East is East by Ayub Khan Din with Pauline McLynn (2015, ATG, Jamie Lloyd Productions, UK Tour)^[12]
• Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley with Deirdre O'Kane and Owen McDonnell (2015, Ustinov Theatre, Bath)^[13]
• East is East by Ayub Khan Din with Jane Horrocks and Ayub Khan-Din (2014–15, Trafalgar Studios, ATG and Jamie Lloyd Productions, West End)^[14]
• Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall with Harry McEntire (2014, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester)^[15]
• The El Train - Three One Act Plays by Eugene O'Neill with Ruth Wilson and Nicola Hughes (2013, Hoxton Hall)^[16]
• Cornelius by J.B. Priestley with Alan Cox (2012, Finborough Theatre^[17] and 2013, 59E59 New York)^[18]
• Mixed Marriage by St John Ervine with Daragh O'Malley and Nora-Jane Noone (2011, Finborough Theatre)^[19]
• Purgatory by W.B. Yeats (2006, C Venues, Edinburgh Festival)^[20]
• Macbeth by William Shakespeare (2005, C Venues, Edinburgh Festival)^[21]

Film

• The Hope Rooms by David Watson (short film) with Ciarán Hinds, Andrew Scott and Agnieszka Grochowska^[22]
• All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare (short film) with Ruth Wilson and Lindsay Duncan (2016, Shakespeare's Globe)^[23]
• Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare (short film) with Gemma Arterton and David Dawson (2016, Shakespeare's Globe)^[23]
• Cymbeline by William Shakespeare (short film) with Hayley Atwell and Kevin Harvey (2016, Shakespeare's Globe)^[24]
• Auld Wives by Bear's Den (music video) with Joseph Marcell, Lisa Dwyer-Hogg and Patrick McAuley (Communion Music)^[7]
• Emeralds by Bear's Den (music video) with Aoife Duffin and Eleanor Matsuura (Communion Music)^[25]

References