FILE - This is Feb. 22, 1984 file photo shows British film director Peter Yates during a press conference in Berlin, Germany. British filmmaker Peter Yates, whose eclectic output included "Bullitt" and "Breaking Away," has died at the age of 81. A statement from Yates' agent, Judy Daish, said he died Sunday Jan. 9. 2011 in London after an illness. (AP FILEPhoto/ebh/str/Elke Bruhn-Hoffmann, File)