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Gilbert Cates

Gilbert Cates

Director · 1934–2011 · New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

Gilbert “Gil” Cates (born June 6, 1934) is an American film director and television producer. He is probably best known for producing the annual Academy Award shows. In September 2007, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that he would be producing the 80th Academy Awards, his 14th time. The awards took place on Sunday February 24, 2008. Cates directed a number of feature films including I Never Sang for My Father (1970) and Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973), Oh, God! Book II (1980) and The Last Married Couple in America (1980). Cates was born Gilbert Katz in New York City, the son of Nina (née Peltzman) and Nathan Katz, who was a dress manufacturer. There he attended DeWitt Clinton High School. He is the uncle of noted actress Phoebe Cates and a brother of the producer and director Joseph Cates, with whom he collaborated from time to time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gilbert  Cates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 29

2000s

  1. 2002

    A Death in the Family

    Director

  2. Collected Stories

    Director

1990s

  1. 1996

    Innocent Victims

    Director

  2. 1994

    Confessions: Two Faces of Evil

    Director

  3. 1991

    Absolute Strangers

    Director

  4. 1990

    Call Me Anna

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    Do You Know the Muffin Man?

    Director

    59
  2. 1988

    My First Love

    Director

  3. Backfire

    Director

  4. 1986

    Child's Cry

    Director

  5. 1985

    The Twilight Zone

    Director

    77

  6. Consenting Adult

    Director

  7. 1984

    Burning Rage

    Director

  8. Goldilocks and the Three Bears

    Director

  9. 1983

    Hobson's Choice

    Director

  10. Rapunzel

    Director

  11. 1982

    Country Gold

    Director

  12. Faerie Tale Theatre

    Director

    82
  13. 1980

    Oh, God! Book II

    Director

  14. The Last Married Couple in America

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Promise

    Director

  2. 1977

    Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

    Director

  3. 1976

    Dragonfly

    Director

  4. 1974

    After the Fall

    Director

  5. 1973

    The Affair

    Director

  6. Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

    Director

  7. 1972

    To All My Friends on Shore

    Director

  8. 1970

    I Never Sang for My Father

    Director

1960s

  1. 1967

    Rings Around the World

    Director

Produced 19

2000s

  1. 2002

    A Death in the Family

    Producer

1990s

  1. 1992

    In My Daughter's Name

    Executive Producer

  2. 1991

    Absolute Strangers

    Executive Producer

1980s

  1. 1986

    Child's Cry

    Producer

  2. 1982

    Country Gold

    Supervising Producer

  3. The Kid From Nowhere

    Producer

  4. 1980

    The Last Married Couple in America

    Executive Producer

1970s

  1. 1979

    Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol

    Executive Producer

  2. The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree

    Executive Producer

  3. 1978

    Stubby Pringle's Christmas

    Executive Producer

  4. 50 Years of Country Music

    Executive Producer

  5. 1977

    Have I Got a Christmas for You

    Executive Producer

  6. 1976

    Dragonfly

    Producer

  7. 1974

    After the Fall

    Producer

  8. 1973

    Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams

    Producer

  9. 1972

    To All My Friends on Shore

    Producer

  10. 1970

    I Never Sang for My Father

    Producer

1960s

  1. 1967

    Rings Around the World

    Producer

Acted in 1

1990s

  1. 1999

    $pent

    Mr. Walsh

Appearances2