Person
Michael Apted
Directing · 1941–2021 · 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.
Known for
Play for Today
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Ray Donovan
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Rome
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Masters of Sex
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ITV Playhouse
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ITV Saturday Night Theatre
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POV
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Thirty-Minute Theatre
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Bloodline
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What About Brian
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Filmography
- 2020BelushiSelf (archive footage)
- 201963 UpHimself - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
- 201963 UpSelf (interviewer) (uncredited)
- 20197 Up & MeSelf
- 2018CinemAbility: The Art of InclusionSelf
- 2018HillbillySelf
- 2017UnlockedDirector
- 2016Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain GirlSelf - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
- 2015BloodlineDirector
- 2014Bending the LightHimself (voice)
- 2013Masters of SexDirector
- 2013Ray DonovanDirector
- 2012Chasing MavericksDirector
- 201256 UpInterviewer/Narrator (voice)
- 2010The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderDirector
- 2007The Power of the GameDirector
- 2006The Grand FinaleDirector
- 2006Married in America 2Director
- 200649 UpInterviewer/Narrator (voice)
- 2006Amazing GraceDirector
- 2006What About BrianDirector
- 2005RomeWriter
- 2005Blind JusticeDirector
- 2002Best Ever BondSelf
- 2002LipstickDirector
- 2002Married in AmericaDirector
- 2002EnoughDirector
- 2001EnigmaDirector
- 2000Me & Isaac NewtonDirector
- 2000James Bond Down RiverSelf
- 2000Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond LlewelynSelf
- 199942 UpInterviewer/Narrator (voice)
- 1999The World Is Not EnoughDirector
- 1998Always OutnumberedDirector
- 1997InspirationsDirector
- 1996Extreme MeasuresDirector
- 1995New York NewsDirector
- 1995Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
- 1994NellDirector
- 1994Moving the MountainDirector
- 1993BlinkDirector
- 1992Bram Stoker's DraculaExecutive Producer
- 1992CrossroadsProducer
- 1992Incident at OglalaDirector
- 1992ThunderheartDirector
- 199135 UpInterviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
- 1991Age 7 in AmericaProducer
- 1991My Life and TimesDirector
- 1991Class ActionDirector
- 1990Criminal JusticeExecutive Producer
- 1989The Long Way HomeDirector
- 1988Gorillas in the MistDirector
- 1988POVDirector
- 1987Critical ConditionDirector
- 1985Spies Like UsAce Tomato Agent
- 1985Sting - Bring on the NightWriter
- 198428 UpInterviewer/Narrator (voice)
- 1984FirstbornDirector
- 1984The River RatExecutive Producer
- 1983Gorky ParkDirector
- 1982P'tang, Yang, KipperbangDirector
- 1981Continental DivideDirector
- 1980Coal Miner's DaughterDirector
- 1979AgathaDirector
- 1978Stronger Than the SunDirector
- 197721 UpInterviewer/Narrator (voice)
- 1977The SqueezeDirector
- 1977ChildhoodDirector
- 1976Laurence Olivier PresentsDirector
- 1976Plays for BritainDirector
- 1976The Paradise RunDirector
- 1976The CollectionDirector
- 1975Shades of GreeneDirector
- 1975Wednesday LoveDirector
- 1974Haunted: Poor GirlDirector
- 1974StardustDirector
- 1973Jack PointDirector
- 1973Black and BlueDirector
- 1973Highway RobberyDirector
- 1973Kisses at FiftyDirector
- 1972The Triple EchoDirector
- 1972The ReportersDirector
- 1972Said the PreacherDirector
- 1972Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.Director
- 1971FollyfootDirector
- 1971The Mosedale HorseshoeDirector
- 19707 Plus SevenInterviewer/Narrator (voice)
- 1970The Day They Buried CleaverDirector
- 1970Play for TodayDirector
- 1970The SinnersDirector
- 1970Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent ItDirector
- 1969Big Breadwinner HogDirector
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreDirector
- 1968Your Name's Not God, It's EdgarDirector
- 1968Number TenDirector
- 1968There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, DelilahDirector
- 1968It’s Dearer After MidnightDirector
- 1968Who Pays?Director
- 1967Son of the CityDirector
- 1967City '68Director
- 1967ITV PlayhouseDirector
- 1967EscapeDirector
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreDirector
- 1964Seven Up!Researcher
- 1964The Up SeriesDirector
- —Section 1591Executive Producer
- —Married in AmericaCreator
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