David Yates (born 8 October 1963) is an English filmmaker who has directed feature films, short films, and television productions. He is best known as the director of the last four films in the Harry Potter series and three films in its prequel series Fantastic Beasts. His work on the Harry Potter series brought him critical acclaim and commercial success, as well as awards such as the British Academy Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing.

Yates has directed numerous short films and became a television director early in his career. His credits include the six-part political thriller State of Play (2003), for which he received the Directors Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, the two-part adult documentary drama Sex Traffic (2004), and the Emmy Award-winning television film The Girl in the Café (2005).

Yates is a co-founder of Directors UK, and he has a close partnership with Warner Bros. as a director and producer. Around 2022 he began working through his own production company, Wychwood Media.

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