Michael Apted
Known for: Directing
Born: February 10, 1941
Died: January 8, 2021
Place of birth: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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
80 movies · 27 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Belushi
2020
7.3
63 Up
2019
7.7
63 Up
2019
7.5
7 Up & Me
2019
5.2
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018
7.0
Hillbilly
2018
6.3
Unlocked
2017
7.8
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
2016
7.1
Bloodline
2015
3.7
Bending the Light
2014
7.1
Masters of Sex
2013
7.5
Ray Donovan
2013
7.0
Chasing Mavericks
2012
7.2
56 Up
2012
6.4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
9.0
The Power of the Game
2007
5.7
The Grand Finale
20061.0
Married in America 2
2006
7.4
49 Up
2006
6.9
Amazing Grace
2006
6.3
What About Brian
2006
8.2
Rome
2005
6.1
Blind Justice
2005
5.7
Best Ever Bond
2002
3.5
Lipstick
2002
NR
Married in America
2002
6.6
Enough
2002
6.3
Enigma
2001
8.0
Me & Isaac Newton
2000
5.0
James Bond Down River
2000
5.9
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
2000
7.6
42 Up
1999
6.3
The World Is Not Enough
1999
6.4
Always Outnumbered
19987.0
Inspirations
1997
6.0
Extreme Measures
1996
7.0
New York News
1995
7.3
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
6.5
Nell
19947.6
Moving the Mountain
1994
6.1
Blink
1993
7.4
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
6.5
Crossroads
1992
7.2
Incident at Oglala
1992
6.3
Thunderheart
1992
7.6
35 Up
19916.7
Age 7 in America
19917.5
My Life and Times
1991
6.3
Class Action
1991
6.0
Criminal Justice
1990
6.0
The Long Way Home
1989
7.0
Gorillas in the Mist
1988
6.9
Point of View
1988
5.5
Critical Condition
1987
6.2
Spies Like Us
1985
7.1
Sting - Bring on the Night
1985
7.5
28 Up
1984
6.2
Firstborn
1984
6.1
The River Rat
1984
6.3
Gorky Park
1983
6.8
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1982
6.1
Continental Divide
1981
7.2
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980
6.1
Agatha
1979
NR
Stronger Than the Sun
1978
7.4
21 Up
1977
5.5
The Squeeze
1977NR
Childhood
1977
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
6.0
Plays for Britain
1976
NR
The Paradise Run
1976
4.4
The Collection
1976
8.5
Shades of Greene
1975
NR
Wednesday Love
1975
7.5
Haunted: Poor Girl
1974
5.5
Stardust
1974
8.0
Jack Point
19736.5
Black and Blue
1973
NR
Highway Robbery
1973
5.0
Kisses at Fifty
1973
5.8
The Triple Echo
1972
9.0
The Reporters
1972NR
Said the Preacher
1972
6.5
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
1972
6.3
Follyfoot
1971NR
The Mosedale Horseshoe
1971
7.3
7 Plus Seven
1970NR
The Day They Buried Cleaver
1970
6.6
Play for Today
1970NR
The Sinners
1970NR
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
1970
7.5
Big Breadwinner Hog
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
5.0
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
19687.0
Number Ten
1968
NR
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
1968
NR
It’s Dearer After Midnight
1968NR
Who Pays?
1968NR
Son of the City
1967NR
City '68
1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967NR
Escape
1967
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
7.2
Seven Up!
1964
NR
The Up Series
1964
NR
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Married in America
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