Ted Yates(1930-1967)
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
At the time of his death-- killed by gunfire while covering the Six Day
War in the Middle East in 1967-- Ted Yates was among the most honored
and respected of television's news documentary filmmakers. He was known
as a tenacious reporter and producer who had produced seminal
documentary films for NBC in the 1960s. He was a pioneer in television
documentary, with an intimate understanding of the medium's visual
power. During a tribute broadcast following his death, his colleagues
described him as "not a daredevil but a dedicated professional."