Michael Apted
Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK — Feb 10 1941• Died Jan 08 2021
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Michael David Apted CMG (10 February 1941 – 7 January 2021) was an English television and film director and producer. Apted began working in television and directed the Up documentary series from 1970 to 2019. He later directed Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), which was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. His subsequent work included Gorillas in the Mist (1988), Nell (1994), the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999), and Enigma (2001). His film Amazing Grace (2006) premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival that y…
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Michael Apted's Credits
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Play for Today
Directing
Ray Donovan
Directing
Masters of Sex
Directing
Rome
Writing
POV
Directing
Bloodline
Directing
New York News
Directing
What About Brian
Directing
Blind Justice
Directing
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Production
The World Is Not Enough
Directing
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Directing
Laurence Olivier Presents
Directing
Belushi
Self (archive footage)
Black and Blue
Directing
Unlocked
Directing
ITV Playhouse
Directing
Enough
Directing
Enigma
Directing
Follyfoot
Directing
Coal Miner's Daughter
Directing
The Up Series
Directing
Extreme Measures
Directing
My Life and Times
Directing
Gorillas in the Mist
Directing
Thunderheart
Directing
Gorky Park
Directing
Amazing Grace
Directing
Nell
Directing
Spies Like Us
Ace Tomato Agent
Firstborn
Directing
Blink
Directing
Chasing Mavericks
Directing
28 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
Crossroads
Production
Best Ever Bond
Self
Critical Condition
Directing
The Triple Echo
Directing
Class Action
Directing
Continental Divide
Directing
The Collection
Directing
Agatha
Directing
Stardust
Directing
Seven Up!
Production
Shades of Greene
Directing
63 Up
Self (interviewer) (uncredited)
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
The Squeeze
Directing
The River Rat
Production
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
Directing
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Self
7 Up & Me
Self
Always Outnumbered
Directing
Incident at Oglala
Directing
Criminal Justice
Production
The Paradise Run
Directing
James Bond Down River
Self
Number Ten
Directing
21 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
Hillbilly
Self
The Reporters
Directing
49 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
Directing
The Grand Finale
Directing
Jack Point
Directing
Wednesday Love
Directing
Stronger Than the Sun
Directing
Kisses at Fifty
Directing
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
Directing
Sting - Bring on the Night
Directing
Who Pays?
Directing
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
Directing
The Day They Buried Cleaver
Directing
Age 7 in America
Production
56 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
Self
Haunted: Poor Girl
Directing
Section 1591
Production
The Mosedale Horseshoe
Directing
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
Directing
Moving the Mountain
Directing
It’s Dearer After Midnight
Directing
Son of the City
Directing
Said the Preacher
Directing
The Long Way Home
Directing
The Power of the Game
Directing
Lipstick
Directing
Bending the Light
Himself (voice)
Highway Robbery
Directing
42 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
63 Up
Himself - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
7 Plus Seven
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
Me & Isaac Newton
Directing
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
Married in America 2
Directing
Married in America
Directing
Inspirations
Directing
35 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
Married in America
Creator