Sam Yates
Sam Yates is an award-winning British director.
Yates was born in Stockport and attended Poynton High School. He was selected as one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow in 2016, named a rising star in The Observer in 2014, and featured in GQ Magazine's "Men of the next 25 years" in 2013. Yates has been described as "a major talent" in The Guardian newspaper and "a director of unusual flair" in The Observer. He studied English at Homerton College, Cambridge.
His productions have been nominated for Olivier Awards, and Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for The Phlebotomist by Ella Road.
Yates has directed two music videos for Ivor Novello Award-nominated band Bear's Den, Auld Wives and Emeralds.
Yates is known for his "eclectic body of work" and his "superb sense for casting", having directed leading talent Andrew Scott, Ruth Wilson, Hayley Atwell, Gemma Arterton, Christian Slater, Matthew Broderick, Ciaran Hinds, Elizabeth McGovern and Jonah Hauer-King.Selected work
Stage
- The Starry Messenger by Kenneth Lonergan with Matthew Broderick and Elizabeth McGovern.
- The Phlebotomist by Ella Road, featuring Jade Anouka. Nominated for 2019 Olivier Award.
- Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet with Mark Benton and Nigel Harman
- Incantata by Paul Muldoon, created by Stanley Townsend and Sam Yates,, featuring Stanley Townsend.
- The Phlebotomist by Ella Road, featuring Jade Anouka
- Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet with Christian Slater, Stanley Townsend, Robert Glenister, Kris Marshall, Don Warrington, Daniel Ryan and Oliver Ryan
- Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill with Matthew Kelly and Aoife Duffin
- Murder Ballad by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash with Ramin Karimloo, Kerry Ellis, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt and Norman Bowman. Nominated for 2017 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
- Cymbeline by William Shakespeare with Joseph Marcell and Pauline McLynn. Ian Charleson Award nomination
- East is East by Ayub Khan Din with Pauline McLynn
- Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley with Deirdre O'Kane and Owen McDonnell
- East is East by Ayub Khan Din with Jane Horrocks and Ayub Khan-Din
- Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall with Harry McEntire. Winner Manchester Theatre Awards for Best Actor and Best Newcomer
- The El Train – Three One Act Plays by Eugene O'Neill with Ruth Wilson and Nicola Hughes
- Cornelius by J.B. Priestley with Alan Cox
- Mixed Marriage by St John Ervine with Daragh O'Malley and Nora-Jane Noone
- Purgatory by W.B. Yeats
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Film
- by David Watson with Ciarán Hinds, Andrew Scott and Agnieszka Grochowska
- All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare with Ruth Wilson and Lindsay Duncan
- Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare with Gemma Arterton and David Dawson
- Cymbeline by William Shakespeare with Hayley Atwell and Kevin Harvey
- by Bear's Den with Joseph Marcell, Lisa Dwyer-Hogg and Patrick McAuley
- by Bear's Den with Aoife Duffin and Eleanor Matsuura
