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:''"Gil Cates" redirects here. For the article about Gilbert Cates' son who was born in 1969, see Gil Cates Jr.'' Gilbert “Gil” Cates (June 6, 1934 – October 31, 2011), born Gilbert Katz, was an Award winning American film director and television producer, director of the Geffen Playhouse, and founding dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Cates is most known for having produced the Academy Awards telecast a record 14 times between 1990 and 2008.〔 〕 ==Personal life== Cates was born Gilbert Katz in New York City, the son of Jewish parents Nina (née Peltzman) and Nathan Katz,〔 〕 who was a dress manufacturer. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, and majored at Syracuse University.〔 According to the ''Jewish Journal'', Cates stumbled into his profession by accident: As a pre-med student at Syracuse University, he was in the fencing team and was asked to instruct student actors in a production of ''Richard III'' on how to handle swords. He was so taken by the experience that he changed his major to theater.〔 Cates was a member of the Reform Jewish Wilshire Boulevard Temple. The ''Jewish Journal'' quotes him as saying that he only attended services on the High Holy Days, but felt “very proud to be Jewish”.〔〔(Hollywood Reporter: "Hollywood's Hottest $150 Million Project Is an 83-Year-Old Synagogue - Studio heads, agency chieftains and top producers have come together, "Avengers"-style, to save their iconic but decaying Wilshire Boulevard Temple -- an A-list house of worship far from the Westside" by Gary Baum ) May 30, 2012〕 Cates was first married to Jane Betty Dubin and then to gynecologist Judith Reichman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gilbert Cates Biography (1934-) ) 〕 He had four children from his first marriage, including Gil Cates Jr., and two stepchildren from his second marriage, and six grandchildren. He was the younger brother of Joseph Cates, also a director and producer, and the uncle of actress Phoebe Cates.〔 Cates died suddenly in Los Angeles of an apparent heart attack on October 31, 2011 at the age of 77. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gilbert Cates」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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