26 Aug 09 By the way – I am not responsible for Harry Potter

There are, it seems, lots of David Yates’s going about and since I have this domain (and used to the the .com one as well) people seem to think I am all of them. Most of the time I am mistaken for Dave Yates, the much respected bicycle designer. And sometimes David Yates, the much respected film director, responsible for the recent Harry Potter films.

When I say much respected, I did receive this message through the feedback form on the site from ‘an admirer’:

hello. i just got back from seeing harry potter and the half blood prince and i hated it! you did a horrible job putting the movie together and it was nothing like the book. there was part were I wonder “Did this happen?’ or “Was this in the book because I don’t remeber this?”. For example the scene where harry and ginny are outside mrs. weasley’s home and bellatrix and grayback were chasing them. I am very displeased about this movie, but the fifth movie you directed was pretty good.

I have news for you Stephanie, sorry it was so bad, glad you liked the first one, but neither was anything to do with me.