‘Bullitt’ director Peter Yates dies at 81
LONDON ñ British filmmaker Peter Yates, whose eclectic output included “Bullitt” and “Breaking Away,” has died at the age of 81.
A statement from Yates’ agent, Judy Daish, said he died Sunday in London after an illness.
Yates was responsible for one of the most famous sequences in cinema ó actor Steve McQueen’s Ford Mustang car chase through the hilly streets of San Francisco ó in the 1968 police thriller “Bullitt.”
He was nominated for four Academy Awards ó two as director and two as producer ó for cycling tale “Breaking Away” and backstage drama “The Dresser.”
He is survived by his wife, Virginia Pope, a son and a daughter.
Monday’s statement said a private family funeral would be held.
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