Michael Apted
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 10, 1941
- Died
- January 8, 2021 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Apted, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
63 Up
Movie · Director
63 Up
TV · Director · 3 eps
Unlocked
Movie · Director
Bloodline
TV · Director · 1 ep
Bending the Light
Movie · Director
Ray Donovan
TV · Director · 2 eps
Masters of Sex
TV · Director · 9 eps
Chasing Mavericks
Movie · Director
56 Up
Movie · Director
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Movie · Director
Amazing Grace
Movie · Director
The Power of the Game
Movie · Director
49 Up
Movie · Director
Married in America 2
Movie · Director
The Grand Finale
Movie · Director
What About Brian
TV · Director · 1 ep
Rome
TV · Director · 3 eps
Blind Justice
TV · Director · 1 ep
Enough
Movie · Director
Lipstick
Movie · Director
Married in America
Movie · Director
Enigma
Movie · Director
Me & Isaac Newton
Movie · Director
42 Up
Movie · Director
The World Is Not Enough
Movie · Director
Always Outnumbered
Movie · Director
Inspirations
Movie · Director
Extreme Measures
Movie · Director
New York News
TV · Director · 1 ep
Nell
Movie · Director
Moving the Mountain
Movie · Director
Blink
Movie · Director
Thunderheart
Movie · Director
Incident at Oglala
Movie · Director
35 Up
Movie · Director
Class Action
Movie · Director
My Life and Times
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Long Way Home
Movie · Director
Gorillas in the Mist
Movie · Director
POV
TV · Director · 1 ep
Critical Condition
Movie · Director
28 Up
Movie · Director
Sting - Bring on the Night
Movie · Director
Firstborn
Movie · Director
Gorky Park
Movie · Director
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
Movie · Director
Continental Divide
Movie · Director
Coal Miner's Daughter
Movie · Director
Agatha
Movie · Director
Stronger Than the Sun
Movie · Director
21 Up
Movie · Director
The Squeeze
Movie · Director
Childhood
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Collection
Movie · Director
The Paradise Run
Movie · Director
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV · Director · 1 ep
Plays for Britain
TV · Director · 1 ep
Wednesday Love
Movie · Director
Shades of Greene
TV · Director · 1 ep
Stardust
Movie · Director
Haunted: Poor Girl
Movie · Director
Kisses at Fifty
Movie · Director
Highway Robbery
Movie · Director
Jack Point
Movie · Director
Black and Blue
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Triple Echo
Movie · Director
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
Movie · Director
Said the Preacher
Movie · Director
The Reporters
Movie · Director
The Mosedale Horseshoe
Movie · Director
Follyfoot
TV · Director · 1 ep
7 Plus Seven
Movie · Director
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
Movie · Director
The Day They Buried Cleaver
Movie · Director
Play for Today
TV · Director · 6 eps
The Sinners
TV · Director · 1 ep
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · Director · 2 eps
Big Breadwinner Hog
TV · Director · 2 eps
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
Movie · Director
Number Ten
Movie · Director
It’s Dearer After Midnight
Movie · Director
Who Pays?
Movie · Director
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
Movie · Director
Son of the City
Movie · Director
ITV Playhouse
TV · Director · 11 eps
Escape
TV · Director · 1 ep
City '68
TV · Director · 5 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Up Series
TV · Director · 18 eps