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Cates is most known for having produced the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> telecast a record 14 times between 1990 and 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT2011/11_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT2011/11-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_Cates&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cates was born Gilbert Katz in New York City, the son of Jewish parents Nina (née Peltzman) and Nathan Katz,<sup id="cite_ref-JJournal_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JJournal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was a dress manufacturer. He attended <a href="/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_High_School" title="DeWitt Clinton High School">DeWitt Clinton High School</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LAT1991-02-26_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT1991-02-26-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and graduated from Syracuse University.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT2011/11_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT2011/11-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jewish_Journal_of_Greater_Los_Angeles" title="The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles">The Jewish Journal</a></i>, Cates stumbled into his profession by accident: While a pre-med student at Syracuse University, he joined the fencing team and was asked to instruct student actors in a production of <i>Richard III</i> on how to handle swords. He was so taken by the experience that he changed his major to theater.<sup id="cite_ref-JJournal_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JJournal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cates was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Reform_Judaism" title="Reform Judaism">Reform Jewish</a> <a href="/wiki/Wilshire_Boulevard_Temple" title="Wilshire Boulevard Temple">Wilshire Boulevard Temple</a>. <i>The Jewish Journal</i> quotes him as saying that he only attended services on the <a href="/wiki/High_Holy_Days" title="High Holy Days">High Holy Days</a>, but felt "very proud to be Jewish".<sup id="cite_ref-JJournal_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JJournal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wilshire_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilshire-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cates was first married to Jane Betty Dubin and then to gynecologist Judith Reichman. He had four children from his first marriage, including <a href="/wiki/Gil_Cates_Jr." title="Gil Cates Jr.">Gil Cates Jr.</a>, and two stepchildren from his second marriage, and seven grandchildren. He was the younger brother of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Cates&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Cates (page does not exist)">Joseph Cates</a> who was also a director and producer, and the uncle of actress <a href="/wiki/Phoebe_Cates" title="Phoebe Cates">Phoebe Cates</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-JJournal_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JJournal-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 31, 2011, Cates, 77, suffered an apparent heart attack and died in a UCLA parking lot.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_Cates&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cates was a producing director and president of the board at the <a href="/wiki/Geffen_Playhouse" title="Geffen Playhouse">Geffen Playhouse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TheWrap_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheWrap-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He directed many feature films including <i><a href="/wiki/I_Never_Sang_for_My_Father" title="I Never Sang for My Father">I Never Sang for My Father</a></i> (1970), and <i><a href="/wiki/Summer_Wishes,_Winter_Dreams" title="Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams">Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams</a></i> (1973), both nominated for Oscars, <i><a href="/wiki/Oh,_God!_Book_II" title="Oh, God! Book II">Oh, God! Book II</a></i> (1980) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Married_Couple_in_America" title="The Last Married Couple in America">The Last Married Couple in America</a></i> (1980). He also produced and directed Broadway and off-Broadway plays,<sup id="cite_ref-LAT2011/11_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT2011/11-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including <i>I Never Sang for My Father</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/You_Know_I_Can%27t_Hear_You_When_the_Water%27s_Running" title="You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running">You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT1991-02-26_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT1991-02-26-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cates produced the Academy Awards 14 times between 1990 and 2008 and was credited with recruiting <a href="/wiki/Billy_Crystal" title="Billy Crystal">Billy Crystal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Letterman" title="David Letterman">David Letterman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Rock" title="Chris Rock">Chris Rock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stewart" title="Jon Stewart">Jon Stewart</a> to serve as hosts. He served on the Academy's Board of Governors from 1984 to 1993, winning an <a href="/wiki/43rd_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="43rd Primetime Emmy Awards">Emmy in 1991</a> for the <a href="/wiki/63rd_Academy_Awards" title="63rd Academy Awards">63rd annual Oscars</a>. He returned to the board for another term beginning in 2002, and held the post of vice president from 2003 to 2005. From 1983 to 1987 he served as president of the Directors Guild of America.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT2011/11_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT2011/11-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 8, 1991, he became dean of UCLA's newly combined School of Theater, Film and Television,<sup id="cite_ref-LAT1991-02-26_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT1991-02-26-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a post he held until 1998, and was a faculty member of the school as a professor.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT2011/11_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT2011/11-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005 Cates received a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TheWrap_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheWrap-6"><span 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