Michael Apted
- Directing
- February 10, 1941 · Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- January 8, 2021
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
Filmography
- Sophie Marceau, à voix haute · Self
- Belushi · Self
- 63 Up · Self, Director
- 63 Up · Self, Director
- 7 Up & Me · Self
- CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion · Self
- Hillbilly · Self
- Unlocked · Director
- Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl · Self
- Bloodline · Director
- Bending the Light · Self, Director
- Masters of Sex · Director
- Ray Donovan · Director
- Chasing Mavericks · Director
- 56 Up · Interviewer/Narrator (Voice), Director
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader · Director
- The Power of the Game · Director
- Amazing Grace · Director
- The Grand Finale · Director
- Married in America 2 · Director
- 49 Up · Interviewer/Narrator (Voice), Director
- What About Brian · Director
- Rome · Writer, Director
- Blind Justice · Director
- Best Ever Bond · Self
- Lipstick · Director
- Married in America · Director
- Enough · Director
- Enigma · Director
- Me & Isaac Newton · Director
- James Bond Down River · Self
- Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn · Self
- 42 Up · Interviewer/Narrator (Voice), Director
- The World Is Not Enough · Director
- Always Outnumbered · Director
- Inspirations · Director
- Extreme Measures · Director
- New York News · Director
- Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
- Nell · Director
- Moving the Mountain · Director
- Blink · Director
- Bram Stoker's Dracula · Executive producer
- Crossroads · Producer
- Age 7 in America · Producer
- Incident at Oglala · Director
- Thunderheart · Director
- 35 Up · Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited), Director
- My Life and Times · Director
- Class Action · Director
- Criminal Justice · Executive producer
- The Long Way Home · Director, Cinematography
- Gorillas in the Mist · Director
- POV · Director
- Critical Condition · Director
- Spies Like Us · Ace Tomato Agent
- Sting - Bring on the Night · Writer, Director
- 28 Up · Interviewer/Narrator (Voice), Director
- Seven Up! · Researcher
- Firstborn · Director
- The River Rat · Executive producer
- Gorky Park · Director
- P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang · Director
- Continental Divide · Director
- Coal Miner's Daughter · Director
- Agatha · Director
- Stronger Than the Sun · Director
- 21 Up · Interviewer/Narrator (Voice), Director
- The Squeeze · Director
- Childhood · Director
- Laurence Olivier Presents · Director
- Plays for Britain · Director
- The Paradise Run · Director
- The Collection · Director
- Shades of Greene · Director
- Wednesday Love · Director
- Haunted: Poor Girl · Director
- Stardust · Director
- Jack Point · Director
- Black and Blue · Director