Gilbert Cates

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 the son of Nina née Peltzman and Nathan Katz who was a dress manufacturer There he attended DeWitt Clinton High School He is the uncle of noted actress Phoebe Cates and a brother of the producer and director Joseph Cates with whom he collaborated from time to time Description above from the Wikipedia article Gilbert  Cates licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia