Ruth Wilson in The El. Train (Hoxton Hall). Photography Marc Brenner.

Sam Yates is an award-winning film and theatre director. He was voted one of Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow in 2016, and named a rising star in The Observer. Yates has been described as “a major talent” in The Guardian newspaper and “a director of unusual flair” in The Observer. 

Yates is known for his eclectic body of work with leading talent including Andrew Scott, Ruth Wilson, Hayley Atwell, Gemma Arterton, Ciarán Hinds, Christian Slater, Matthew Broderick, Elizabeth McGovern, Jane Horrocks and Jonah Hauer-King.

His productions have been nominated for Olivier Awards (Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Murder Ballad (2017), and Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre for The Phlebotomist by Ella Road (2019).

Theatre

Christian Slater in Glengarry Glen Ross (West End). Photography Marc Brenner.

Stage: Incantata (Irish Rep, New York, (2020), Gate Theatre, Dublin, (2019), Galway International Festival & Jen Coppinger, (2018)); The Starry Messenger (Wyndham’s Theatre, West End); The Phlebotomist (Hampstead Theatre, Downstairs and transfer to Main Stage, nominated Olivier Award Outstanding Production); Glengarry Glen Ross (Playhouse Theatre, West End, and No.1 UK Tour); Desire Under The Elms (Sheffield Crucible); Murder Ballad (Arts, West End, nominated for three WhatsOnStage Awards and 2017 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress); Cymbeline (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Ian Charleson Award commendation, winner Clarence Derwent Award); East is East (Trafalgar Studios, & 2 UK Tours); The El. Train (Hoxton Hall); Outside Mullingar (Ustinov); Billy Liar (Royal Exchange; winner Best Actor and Best Newcomer at Manchester Theatre Awards); Cornelius (Finborough Theatre and transfer to 59E59 New York; nominated for four Off West End Awards and Critics’ Pick New York Times); and Mixed Marriage (Finborough Theatre).

Jade Anouka in The Phlebotomist (Hampstead Theatre). Photography Marc Brenner.

Matthew Broderick in The Starry Messenger (West End). Photography Marc Brenner.

Film

Screen: Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (TV Movie, Endemol Shine & Channel 5); The Hope Rooms with Ciarán Hinds & Andrew Scott (31Productions & BKF, Winner Grand Prize Future Filmmaker Award, RIIFF 2016); Cymbeline with Hayley Atwell, All’s Well That Ends Well with Lindsay Duncan & Ruth Wilson, and Love’s Labour’s Lost with Gemma Arterton & David Dawson (The Complete Walk, Shakespeare’s Globe); and two music videos, Emeralds and Auld Wives (MTV’s A-List) for Ivor Novello Award-nominated band Bear’s Den (Communion Music).  

Hayley Atwell in Cymbeline

Gemma Arterton in Love’s Labours Lost