# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilbert-cates
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:36:15.816Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gilbert-cates"
name: "Gilbert Cates"
slug: "gilbert-cates"
description: "Gilbert Cates was an American film director and television producer, director of the Geffen Playhouse, a member of Cates/Doty Productions, and founding dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Cates is most known for having produced the Academy Awards telecast a record 14 times between 1990 and 2008."
tagline: "American film director and television producer (1934–2011)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1934-06-06"
deathDate: "2011-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0146062"
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    title: "Gilbert Cates"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump