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  • BIRTH 10/02/1941
  • DEATH 08/01/2021
  • Country United Kingdom
  • MOVIES 9
  • DIRECTOR 39
  • SCRIPT 2
  • PRODUCTION 8

Michael Apted

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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Michael Apted

Movies (9)

James Bond Down River
James Bond Down River
Self
Belushi
Belushi
Self (archive footage)
42 Up
42 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
35 Up
35 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
56 Up
56 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
28 Up
28 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
49 Up
49 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
21 Up
21 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
7 Plus Seven
7 Plus Seven
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

Director (39)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the…
Rome
Rome
(3 episodes)
The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough
Masters of Sex
Masters of Sex
(9 episodes)
Ray Donovan
Ray Donovan
(2 episodes)
Unlocked
Unlocked
Gorillas in the Mist
Gorillas in the Mist
Enough
Enough
Nell
Nell
Extreme Measures
Extreme Measures
Blink
Blink
Enigma
Enigma
Gorky Park
Gorky Park
Agatha
Agatha
Chasing Mavericks
Chasing Mavericks
Coal Miner's Daughter
Coal Miner's Daughter
Thunderheart
Thunderheart
Blind Justice
Blind Justice
(1 episode)
Wednesday Love
Wednesday Love
Continental Divide
Continental Divide
Firstborn
Firstborn
What About Brian
What About Brian
(1 episode)
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
Play for Today
Play for Today
(5 episodes)
56 Up
56 Up
Always Outnumbered
Always Outnumbered
Class Action
Class Action
The Grand Finale
The Grand Finale
Sting - Bring on the Night
Sting - Bring on the Night
49 Up
49 Up
42 Up
42 Up
35 Up
35 Up
28 Up
28 Up
21 Up
21 Up
7 Plus Seven
7 Plus Seven
Incident at Oglala
Incident at Oglala
Critical Condition
Critical Condition
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace
P.O.V.
P.O.V.
(1 episode)

Script (2)

Rome
Rome
(3 episodes)
Sting - Bring on the Night
Sting - Bring on the Night

Production (8)

Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bram Stoker's Dracula
21 Up
21 Up
28 Up
28 Up
35 Up
35 Up
42 Up
42 Up
49 Up
49 Up
56 Up
56 Up
The River Rat
The River Rat