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Michael Apted

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
20

Gender
Male

Birthday
February 10, 1941 (85 years old)

Place of Birth
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Michael Apted

Biography

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 year.

On 29 June 2003, he was elected president of the Directors Guild of America, a position he served until 2009. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

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Known For

Directing

201963 Up...Director
201963 Up...Director
2017Unlocked...Director
2015Bloodline...Director
2014Bending the Light...Director
2013Masters of Sex...Director
2013Ray Donovan...Director
2012Chasing Mavericks...Director
201256 Up...Director
2010The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader...Director
2007The Power of the Game...Director
2006The Grand Finale...Director
2006Married in America 2...Director
200649 Up...Director
2006Amazing Grace...Director
2006What About Brian...Director
2005Rome...Director
2005Blind Justice...Director
2002Lipstick...Director
2002Married in America...Director
2002Enough...Director
2001Enigma...Director
2000Me & Isaac Newton...Director
199942 Up...Director
1999The World Is Not Enough...Director
1998Always Outnumbered...Director
1997Inspirations...Director
1996Extreme Measures...Director
1995New York News...Director
1994Nell...Director
1994Moving the Mountain...Director
1993Blink...Director
1992Incident at Oglala...Director
1992Thunderheart...Director
199135 Up...Director
1991My Life and Times...Director
1991Class Action...Director
1989The Long Way Home...Director
1988Gorillas in the Mist...Director
1988POV...Director
1987Critical Condition...Director
1985Sting - Bring on the Night...Director
198428 Up...Director
1984Firstborn...Director
1983Gorky Park...Director
1982P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang...Director
1981Continental Divide...Director
1980Coal Miner's Daughter...Director
1979Agatha...Director
1978Stronger Than the Sun...Director
197721 Up...Director
1977The Squeeze...Director
1977Childhood...Director
1976Laurence Olivier Presents...Director
1976Plays for Britain...Director
1976The Paradise Run...Director
1976The Collection...Director
1975Shades of Greene...Director
1975Wednesday Love...Director
1974Haunted: Poor Girl...Director
1974Stardust...Director
1973Jack Point...Director
1973Black and Blue...Director
1973Highway Robbery...Director
1973Kisses at Fifty...Director
1972The Triple Echo...Director
1972The Reporters...Director
1972Said the Preacher...Director
1972Another Sunday and Sweet F.A....Director
1971Follyfoot...Director
1971The Mosedale Horseshoe...Director
1970The Day They Buried Cleaver...Director
19707 Plus Seven...Director
1970Play for Today...Director
1970The Sinners...Director
1970Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It...Director
1969Big Breadwinner Hog...Director
1969ITV Saturday Night Theatre...Director
1968Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar...Director
1968Number Ten...Director
1968There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah...Director
1968It’s Dearer After Midnight...Director
1968Who Pays?...Director
1967Son of the City...Director
1967City '68...Director
1967ITV Playhouse...Director
1967Escape...Director
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre...Director
1964The Up Series...Director

Production

201256 Up...Producer
200649 Up...Producer
2005Rome...Producer
199942 Up...Producer
1992Bram Stoker's Dracula...Executive Producer
1992Crossroads...Producer
199135 Up...Producer
1991Age 7 in America...Producer
1990Criminal Justice...Executive Producer
198428 Up...Producer
1984The River Rat...Executive Producer
197721 Up...Producer
1964Seven Up!...Researcher
1964The Up Series...Producer
Section 1591...Executive Producer

Writing

2005Rome...Writer
1985Sting - Bring on the Night...Writer

Crew

1989The Long Way Home...Cinematography

Creator

Married in America...Creator

Acting

2020Belushias Self (archive footage)
201963 Upas Himself - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
201963 Upas Self (interviewer) (uncredited)
20197 Up & Meas Self
2018CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusionas Self
2018Hillbillyas Self
2016Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girlas Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
2014Bending the Lightas Himself (voice)
201256 Upas Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
200649 Upas Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
2002Best Ever Bondas Self
2000James Bond Down Riveras Self
2000Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelynas Self
199942 Upas Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
1995Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinemaas
199135 Upas Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
1985Spies Like Usas Ace Tomato Agent
198428 Upas Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
197721 Upas Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
19707 Plus Sevenas Interviewer/Narrator (voice)