David Yates is set to helm Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Weird, huh? Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair) stepped down and Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, City of  Lost Children, Amelie) turned it down.  So WB settled on virtual newcomer David Yates (?).  Click over for his filmography. Variey reported the story today.

DAVID YATES
Director - filmography

"Brideshead Revisited" (2005) (pre-production)
"Sex Traffic" (2004) (TV)
"Young Visiters, The" (2003) (TV)
"State of Play" (2003) (mini) TV Series
"Rank" (2002)
"Way We Live Now, The" (2001) (mini) TV Series
"Sins, The" (2000) (mini) TV Series
Tichborne Claimant, The (1998)