"Breaking Away” director Peter (5)

I believe the answer is:

yates

'breaking away director peter' is the definition.
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This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for yates that I've seen before include "star from Stars on Sunday" , "Thriller-writer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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