Gilbert Cates
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Biography
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,…
Also known as
Gilbert Lewis Katz · Alan Smithee · Gil Cates
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Known For
The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV
The Oscars
1953 · TV
Kulturplatz
2004 · TV
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · TV
Backfire
1988 · Movie
Oh, God! Book II
1980 · Movie
50 Years of Country Music
1978 · Movie
The Last Married Couple in America
1980 · Movie
I Never Sang for My Father
1970 · Movie
To All My Friends on Shore
1972 · Movie
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
1989 · Movie
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994 · Movie