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  1. www.cinemablend.com › interviews › why-david-yatesWhy David Yates Was The Perfect Director To Finish The Harry ...

    Nov 14, 2021 · All films from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix through the finale were directed by David Yates. Chris Columbus gave David Yates a glowing review for Harry Potter and the...

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › David_YatesDavid Yates - Wikipedia

    Yates outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on 8 July 2007. During the period of working on plans for Brideshead Revisited, Yates was told by his agent that he had made the director shortlist for the fifth film in the Harry Potter series and that

  4. filmhounds.co.uk › 2021 › 07‘Four Unique Visions’- Harry Potter and The Decade of Change

    • Chris Columbus
    • Alfonso Cuarón
    • Mike Newell
    • David Yates

    Many filmmakers had been considered to direct the first film when the rights were initially bought by Warner Bros in 1999. Steven Spielberg pulled out of the running, as did Rob Reiner. Rowling’s first choice had been Terry Gilliam, one of the Monty Python troupe, but the studio decided to hire Chris Columbus instead, who directed family hits such ...

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    When Columbus stepped aside after the second film, the studio decided to take a gamble with his replacement and hired Alfonso Cuarón, the Mexican director known for A Little Princess, a modernised version of Great Expectations and is major hit, Y tu mamá también. Cuarón, unlike Columbus, was not an initial fan of the series, but his interest in the...

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    Although Cuarón’s film was acclaimed, he would never return to director another instalment. For the fourth film, Mike Newell was selected. Newell was the first British director to direct a Potter film, with his best-known work being Richard Curtis’ Four Weddings and a Funeral and the gangster film Donnie Brasco, with Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. Newe...

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    David Yates, a television director responsible for the original State of Play mini-series, was chosen to direct Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and went on to direct the final three films, as well as the spin-off Fantastic Beasts series. Yates had arguably the least impressive resume when he was hired, but his initial screenings of Phoeni...

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Harry_Potter_and_the_OrderHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) - Wikipedia

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Michael Goldenberg. It is based on the 2003 novel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and the fifth instalment in the Harry Potter film series.

  6. www.slantmagazine.com › film › beware-of-darknessBeware of Darkness: David Yates’s Harry Potter and the Order ...

    Jul 15, 2007 · Dread pervades Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the series’s most propulsive and altogether satisfying installment. It’s not just the story that’s dark: it’s the film itself.

  7. www.thecrimson.com › harry-potter-and-the-order-ofHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Arts | The ...

    Jul 13, 2007 · The surgical team of director David Yates and screenwriter Michael Goldenberg performed beautifully, turning the fifth and flabbiest book of the “Harry Potter” series into the tightest, firmest,...

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  9. editorial.rottentomatoes.com › article › rtRT Interview: David Yates on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood ...

    Jul 15, 2009 · When David Yates was hired to direct Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, fans took one look at his TV-heavy resume and panicked that he wouldn't be able to bring the same scale...