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Gilbert Cates

Date of birth

Jun 6, 1934

Date of death

Oct 31, 2011(aged 77)

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Gilbert Cates

Biography of Gilbert Cates:

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.

Gilbert Cates has directed:

A Death in the Family(2002)

Innocent Victims(1996)

Confessions: Two Faces of Evil(1994)

Absolute Strangers(1991)

Call Me Anna(1990)

Do You Know the Muffin Man?(1989)

My First Love(1988)

Fatal Judgement(1988)

Child's Cry(1986)

Consenting Adult(1985)

Burning Rage(1984)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears(1984)

Hobson's Choice(1983)

Country Gold(1982)

Oh, God! Book II(1980)

The Last Married Couple in America(1980)

The Promise(1979)

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye(1977)

Dragonfly(1976)

After the Fall(1974)

The Affair(1973)

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams(1973)

To All My Friends on Shore(1972)

I Never Sang for My Father(1970)

Rings Around the World(1967)

Gilbert Cates has acted in:

$pent(1999) ... as Mr. Walsh

Inside the Golden Statue(1998) ... as Self

Additional credits for Gilbert Cates:

A Death in the Family(2002)(Producer)

In My Daughter's Name(1992)(Executive Producer)

Absolute Strangers(1991)(Executive Producer)

Child's Cry(1986)(Producer)

Country Gold(1982)(Supervising Producer)

The Kid From Nowhere(1982)(Producer)

The Last Married Couple in America(1980)(Executive Producer)

Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol(1979)(Executive Producer)

The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree(1979)(Executive Producer)

Stubby Pringle's Christmas(1978)(Executive Producer)

Have I Got a Christmas for You(1977)(Executive Producer)

Dragonfly(1976)(Producer)

After the Fall(1974)(Producer)

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams(1973)(Producer)

To All My Friends on Shore(1972)(Producer)

I Never Sang for My Father(1970)(Producer)

Rings Around the World(1967)(Producer)

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