Four time Oscar nominated British director
Peter Yates, who in the 60's directed the seminal cop thriller
Bullitt starring
Steve McQueen with that extraordinary car chase sequence has passed in London away after a 'long illness', according to
Deadline. He was 82. If I were to poll myself on my favourite films of the 60's, Bullitt would make the top 5. Easy. It was one of the first movies I bought on
Blu-ray (along with The Getaway) and if you enjoyed
Ben Affleck'sThe Town this year, I think you would find a lot to admire about the film. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRvESyo-E5M In a varied career after Bullitt, Yates would go on to make the 1977 Jaws-rip off horror/thriller
The Deep, the 1979 sports drama
Breaking Away, the 1983 Oscar-nominated drama
The Dresser and in the same year, of all things, the fantasy/cult movie
Krull! Of course I shouldn't forget to mention the
Robert Redford caper
The Hot Rock of 1972 which is also worth your time.