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Sam Yates is an award-winning director working in theatre, film and television. He was named a Screen International Star of Tomorrow, a rising star in The Observer, and featured in GQ Magazine’s “Men of the next 25 years”. Yates has been described as “a major talent” in The Guardian newspaper and “a director of unusual flair” in The Observer.
Recent projects include the Olivier award-winning VANYA with Andrew Scott, feature debut MAGPIE starring Daisy Ridley, and upcoming BBC mini-series TOWARDS ZERO featuring Angelica Huston and Matthew Rhys.
Photo credit: Marc Brenner
Credits
Credits
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DateProduction (role)CompanyProject details
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Date: 2024Production (role): MAGPIE (feature debut)Company: Werewolf Films / 55 FilmsProject details: Screenplay: Tom Bateman
Cast: Daisy Ridley, Shazad Latif, Matilda Lutz, Hiba Ahmed, Cherrelle Skeete, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Alistair Petrie
Producers: Kate Solomon, Daisy Ridley, Tom Bateman, Camilla Bray
Cinematographer: Laura Bellingham -
Date: 2024Production (role): TOWARDS ZERO (TV Mini-Series)Company: Mammoth Screen / BBCProject details: Cast: Angelica Huston, Matthew Rhys, Clarke Peters, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ella Lily Hyland, Mimi Keene, Anjana Vasan, Jack Farthing, Khalil Gharbia, Adam Hugill
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Date: 2020Production (role): AGATHA AND THE CURSE OF ISHTAR (TV movie)Company: Channel 5 / Darlow Smithson Productions / Endemol ShineProject details: Cast: Lindsey Marshall, Jonah Hauer-King, Stanley Townsend, Crystal Clark
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Date: 2016Production (role): THE HOPE ROOMS (short)Company: 31Productions / Rather Good FilmsProject details: Cast: Ciarán Hinds, Andrew Scott, Agnieszka Grochowska
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Date: 2016Production (role): LOVE’S LABOURS LOST (short)Company: The Globe Complete Walk / BBC iPlayerProject details: Cast: Gemma Arterton and David Dawson
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Date: 2016Production (role): ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (short)Company: The Globe Complete Walk / BBC iPlayerProject details: Cast: Ruth Wilson and Lindsay Duncan
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Date: 2016Production (role): CYMBELINE (short)Company: The Globe Complete Walk / BBC iPlayerProject details: Cast: Hayley Atwell and Kevin Harvey
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Date: 2016Production (role): EMERALDS and AULD WIVES (music videos)Company: Bear’s Den / MTV’s A-ListProject details: Cast: Aoife Duffin, Joseph Marcell, Lisa Dwyer Hogg, Eleanor Matsuura
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Date: 2025Production (role): VANYA (Off-Broadway)Company: Lucille Lortel, New YorkProject details: Cast: Andrew Scott
Writer: Simon Stephens, after Anton Chekhov
Creators: Andrew Scott, Simon Stephens, Rosanna Vize, Sam Yates
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Date: 2024Production (role): VANYA (West End)Company: Duke of York's Theatre, West EndProject details: Cast: Andrew Scott
Writer: Simon Stephens, after Anton Chekhov
Creators: Andrew Scott, Simon Stephens, Rosanna Vize, Sam Yates
* Olivier Award for Best Revival
* Best Revival at What’s On Stage Awards
* Evening Standard Award Best Actor Andrew Scott
* Best Actor Andrew Scott London Critics’ Circle Awards -
Date: 2021Production (role): THE TWO CHARACTER PLAYCompany: Hampstead TheatreProject details: By Tennessee Williams
Cast: Kate O’Flynn, Zubin Varla -
Date: 2021Production (role): A SEPARATE PEACECompany: Platform Presents / Curtain CallProject details: By Tom Stoppard
Cast: David Morrisey, Jenna Coleman, Ed Stoppard, Denise Gough, Maggie Service
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Date: 2020Production (role): INCANTATACompany: Irish Rep, New York (2020) / The Gate, Dublin (2019) / Galway International Festival (2018)Project details: From the poem by Paul Muldoon
Cast: Stanley Townsend -
Date: 2019Production (role): THE STARRY MESSENGERCompany: Wyndhams Theatre, West EndProject details: By Kenneth Lonergan
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Elizabeth McGovern, Rosalind Eleazar, Jim Norton -
Date: 2019Production (role): COMPANYCompany: Royal Academy of MusicProject details: By Stephen Sondheim
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Date: 2018/2019Production (role): THE PHLEBOTOMISTCompany: Hampstead Theatre Downstairs (2018) transfer to Main Stage (2019)Project details: By Ella Road
Cast: Jade Anouka, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Vincent Ebrahim, Cherrelle Skeete
* Nominated for Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. -
Date: 2017/18Production (role): GLENGARRY GLEN ROSSCompany: Playhouse Theatre, West End (2017-18) and No.1 UK Tour (2019)Project details: By David Mamet
Cast: Christian Slater, Robert Glenister, Kris Marshall, Don Warrington -
Date: 2018Production (role): MERRILY WE ROLL ALONGCompany: Royal Academy of MusicProject details: By Stephen Sondheim
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Date: 2017Production (role): DESIRE UNDER THE ELMSCompany: Crucible Theatre, SheffieldProject details: By Eugene O’Neill
Cast: Aoife Duffin, Matthew Kelly, Theo Ogundipe, Sule Rimi, Michael Shea -
Date: 2017Production (role): ASSASSINSCompany: Royal Academy of MusicProject details: By Stephen Sondheim
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Date: 2016Production (role): MURDER BALLADCompany: Arts Theatre, West EndProject details: By Julia Jordan & Juliana Nash
Cast: Victoria Hamilton Barritt, Kerry Ellis, Ramin Karimloo, Norman Bowman
*Nominated for 2017 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical -
Date: 2015Production (role): CYMBELINECompany: Sam Wanamaker Theatre, Shakespeare’s GlobeProject details: By William Shakespeare
Cast: Joseph Marcell, Pauline McLynn, Emily Barber, Jonjo O’Neill, Eugene O’Hare
*Ian Charleson Award commendation -
Date: 2015Production (role): OUTSIDE MULLINGARCompany: Ustinov Theatre, BathProject details: By John Patrick Shanley
Cast: James Hayes, Carol Macready, Owen McDonnell, Deirdre O’Kane -
Date: 2014/15Production (role): EAST IS EASTCompany: Jamie Lloyd Productions & ATG, West End / 2 UK ToursProject details: By Ayub Khan Din
Cast: Jane Horrocks, Pauline McLynn, Ayub Khan Din, Sally Banks, Amit Shah -
Date: 2014Production (role): BILLY LIARCompany: Royal Exchange Theatre, ManchesterProject details: By Keith Waterhouse
Cast: Harry McEntire, Jack Deam, Katie Moore, Rebeka Hinds, Emily Barber
*Winner Best Actor and Best Newcomer Manchester Theatre Awards 2015 -
Date: 2013Production (role): THE EL. TRAINCompany: Found and 31Productions / Hoxton HallProject details: Three One-Act Plays by Eugene O’Neill
Cast: Ruth Wilson, Nicola Hughes, Zubin Varla, Sharon Duncan-Brewster -
Date: 2012/13Production (role): CORNELIUSCompany: Finborough Theatre (2012) / 59E59, New York (2013)Project details: By J.B. Priestley
Cast: Alan Cox, Beverley Klein, Col Farrell, Pandora Colin, Emily Barber
*Critics’ Pick New York Times, Nominated Four Off West End Awards -
Date: 2011Production (role): MIXED MARRIAGECompany: 31Productions, Finborough Theatre, LondonProject details: By St John Ervine
Cast: Nora-Jane Noone, Daragh O’Malley, Fiona Victory, Christopher Brandon -
Date: 2006Production (role): PURGATORYCompany: Edinburgh FringeProject details: By W.B. Yeats
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Date: 2005Production (role): MACBETH: THE HOURCompany: Edinburgh FringeProject details:
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Date: 2019Production (role): THE PHLEBOTOMISTCompany: BBC Radio 3Project details: By Ella Road
Cast: Jade Anouka, Kiza Deen, Rory Fleck Byrne, Mark Lambert -
Date: 2016Production (role): ECCOCompany:Project details: By Chris Harrald, BBC Radio 4
Cast: Hayley Atwell, Pauline McLynn, Joseph Marcell, Sid Sagar, John Macmillan
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Date: 2023Production (role): UNTITLED MOTHER/DAUGHTER (feature)Company: Agile FilmsProject details: Screenplay by Lulu Razcka
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Date: 2023Production (role): JOHNNYCompany: Wessex GroveProject details: By Simon Stephens