Gilbert Cates
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 6, 1934
- Died
- October 31, 2011
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
A Death in the Family 2002
Director, Producer
Collected Stories 2002
Director
$pent 1999
as Mr. Walsh
Inside the Golden Statue 1998
as Self
Innocent Victims 1996
Director
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil 1994
Director
In My Daughter's Name 1992
Executive Producer
Absolute Strangers 1991
Executive Producer, Director
Call Me Anna 1990
Director
Do You Know the Muffin Man? 1989
Director
My First Love 1988
Director
- Fatal Judgement
Fatal Judgement 1988
Director
Backfire 1988
Director
Child's Cry 1986
Director, Producer
Consenting Adult 1985
Director
Burning Rage 1984
Director
Goldilocks and the Three Bears 1984
Director
Hobson's Choice 1983
Director
Rapunzel 1983
Director
Country Gold 1982
Director, Supervising Producer
The Kid From Nowhere 1982
Producer
Oh, God! Book II 1980
Director
The Last Married Couple in America 1980
Director, Executive Producer
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol 1979
Executive Producer
The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree 1979
Executive Producer
The Promise 1979
Director
Stubby Pringle's Christmas 1978
Executive Producer
50 Years of Country Music 1978
Executive Producer
Have I Got a Christmas for You 1977
Executive Producer
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye 1977
Director
Dragonfly 1976
Director, Producer
After the Fall 1974
Director, Producer
The Affair 1973
Director
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams 1973
Director, Producer
To All My Friends on Shore 1972
Director, Producer
I Never Sang for My Father 1970
Director, Producer
Rings Around the World 1967
Director, Producer
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