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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.
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21 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | A Death in the Family | Director | Film |
| 2002 | A Death in the Family | Producer | Film |
| 1990 | Call Me Anna | Director | Film |
| 1988 | My First Love | Director | Film |
| 1988 | Backfire | Director | Film |
| 1986 | Child's Cry | Director | Film |
| 1986 | Child's Cry | Producer | Film |
| 1985 | Consenting Adult | Director | Film |
| 1983 | Rapunzel | Director | Film |
| 1980 | Oh, God! Book II | Director | Film |
| 1980 | The Last Married Couple in America | Director | Film |
| 1980 | The Last Married Couple in America | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1979 | The Promise | Director | Film |
| 1979 | The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1976 | Dragonfly | Director | Film |
| 1976 | Dragonfly | Producer | Film |
| 1973 | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Director | Film |
| 1973 | The Affair | Director | Film |
| 1973 | Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams | Producer | Film |
| 1970 | I Never Sang for My Father | Director | Film |
| 1970 | I Never Sang for My Father | Producer | Film |
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