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Gilbert Cates (1934-2011)

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Alias:
Alan Smithee
Gil Cates
Gilbert Lewis Katz

Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA

Born:
June 6, 1934

Died:
October 31, 2011

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
1967  Rings Around the World
1970  I Never Sang for My Father
1972  To All My Friends on Shore
1973  Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973  The Affair
1974  After the Fall
1976  Dragonfly
1977  Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1979  The Promise
1980  Oh, God! Book II
1980  The Last Married Couple in America
1982  Country Gold
1983  Hobson's Choice
1983  Rapunzel
1984  Burning Rage
1984  Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1985  Consenting Adult
1986  Child's Cry
1988  Backfire
1988  Fatal Judgement
1988  My First Love
1989  Do You Know the Muffin Man?
1990  Call Me Anna
1991  Absolute Strangers
1994  Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1996  Innocent Victims
2002  A Death in the Family

Executive Producer:
1967  Rings Around the World
1970  I Never Sang for My Father
1972  To All My Friends on Shore
1973  Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973  The Affair
1974  After the Fall
1976  Dragonfly
1977  Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977  Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1978  Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1979  Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
1979  The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree
1979  The Promise
1980  Oh, God! Book II
1980  The Last Married Couple in America
1982  Country Gold
1983  Hobson's Choice
1983  Rapunzel
1984  Burning Rage
1984  Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1985  Consenting Adult
1986  Child's Cry
1988  Backfire
1988  Fatal Judgement
1988  My First Love
1989  Do You Know the Muffin Man?
1990  Call Me Anna
1991  Absolute Strangers
1992  In My Daughter's Name
1994  Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1996  Innocent Victims
2002  A Death in the Family

Producer:
1967  Rings Around the World
1970  I Never Sang for My Father
1972  To All My Friends on Shore
1973  Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973  The Affair
1974  After the Fall
1976  Dragonfly
1977  Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977  Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1978  Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1979  Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
1979  The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree
1979  The Promise
1980  Oh, God! Book II
1980  The Last Married Couple in America
1982  Country Gold
1982  The Kid From Nowhere
1983  Hobson's Choice
1983  Rapunzel
1984  Burning Rage
1984  Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1985  Consenting Adult
1986  Child's Cry
1988  Backfire
1988  Fatal Judgement
1988  My First Love
1989  Do You Know the Muffin Man?
1990  Call Me Anna
1991  Absolute Strangers
1992  In My Daughter's Name
1994  Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1996  Innocent Victims
2002  A Death in the Family

Supervising Producer:
1967  Rings Around the World
1970  I Never Sang for My Father
1972  To All My Friends on Shore
1973  Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973  The Affair
1974  After the Fall
1976  Dragonfly
1977  Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977  Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1978  Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1979  Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
1979  The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree
1979  The Promise
1980  Oh, God! Book II
1980  The Last Married Couple in America
1982  Country Gold
1982  The Kid From Nowhere
1983  Hobson's Choice
1983  Rapunzel
1984  Burning Rage
1984  Goldilocks and the Three Bears
1985  Consenting Adult
1986  Child's Cry
1988  Backfire
1988  Fatal Judgement
1988  My First Love
1989  Do You Know the Muffin Man?
1990  Call Me Anna
1991  Absolute Strangers
1992  In My Daughter's Name
1994  Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1996  Innocent Victims
2002  A Death in the Family

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Director:
1982  Faerie Tale Theatre
1985  The Twilight Zone

Producer:
1953  The Oscars
1982  Faerie Tale Theatre
1985  The Twilight Zone

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