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Gilbert Cates
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…
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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.
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2004
Kulturplatz
TV show Self
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2002
A Death in the Family
Movie Director
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1999
$pent
Movie Mr. Walsh
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1998
Inside the Golden Statue
Movie Self
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1996
Innocent Victims
Movie Director
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1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Movie Director
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1992
In My Daughter's Name
Movie Executive Producer
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1991
Absolute Strangers
Movie Executive Producer
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1990
Call Me Anna
Movie Director
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1989
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Movie Director
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1988
My First Love
Movie Director
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1988
Fatal Judgement
Movie Director
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1988
Backfire
Movie Director
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1986
Child's Cry
Movie Director
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1985
The Twilight Zone
TV show Director
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1985
Consenting Adult
Movie Director
More credits
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1984
Burning Rage
Movie Director
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1984
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Movie Director
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1983
Hobson's Choice
Movie Director
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1983
Rapunzel
Movie Director
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1982
Country Gold
Movie Director
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1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV show Director
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1982
The Kid From Nowhere
Movie Producer
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1980
Oh, God! Book II
Movie Director
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1980
The Last Married Couple in America
Movie Director
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1979
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
Movie Executive Producer
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1979
The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree
Movie Executive Producer
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1979
The Promise
Movie Director
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1978
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Movie Executive Producer
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1978
50 Years of Country Music
Movie Executive Producer
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1977
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Movie Executive Producer
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1977
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Movie Director
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1976
Dragonfly
Movie Director
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1974
After the Fall
Movie Director
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1973
The Affair
Movie Director
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1973
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Movie Director
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1972
To All My Friends on Shore
Movie Director
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1970
I Never Sang for My Father
Movie Director
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1967
Rings Around the World
Movie Director
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Producer
