'Bullitt' Director Peter Yates Has Died at 82

British filmmaker and four-time Oscar nominee Peter Yates has passed away after a long illness.  He was 82.

Yates is best known for directing the 1968 thrillerBullittfeaturing Steve McQueen and one of the best car chase sequences in cinema history, but the talent also helmed the Robert Redford-starrerThe Hot Rock, the 1983 cult fantasy flickKrull, the Shakespearean dramaThe Dresser, and the coming of age cycling filmBreaking Away.

His final feature was the aptly-titledCurtain Callin 1999, after which he directed two made-for-television moviesA Separate PieceandDon Quixote.

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