Michael Apted
Born: 1941-02-10 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Died: 2021-01-08
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2020
- Belushi as Self (archive footage)
2019
2018
- Hillbilly as Self
- CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self
2017
- Unlocked ... (Director)
2016
- Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl as Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
2015
- Bloodline ... (Director)
2014
- Bending the Light as Himself (voice)
2013
- Ray Donovan ... (Director)
- Masters of Sex ... (Director)
2012
- Chasing Mavericks ... (Director)
- 56 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
- 56 Up as 采访者/旁白（声音）
2010
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ... (Director)
2007
- The Power of the Game ... (Director)
2006
- Amazing Grace ... (Director)
- What About Brian ... (Director)
- 49 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
- The Grand Finale ... (Director)
- Married in America 2 ... (Director)
2005
- Rome ... (Writer)
- Blind Justice ... (Director)
2002
- Enough ... (Director)
- Best Ever Bond as Self
- Married in America ... (Director)
- Lipstick ... (Director)
2001
- Enigma ... (Director)
2000
- James Bond Down River as Self
- Me & Isaac Newton ... (Director)
- Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn as Self
1999
- The World Is Not Enough ... (Director)
- 42 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
1998
- Always Outnumbered ... (Director)
1997
- Inspirations ... (Director)
1996
- Extreme Measures ... (Director)
1995
1994
- Nell ... (Director)
- Moving the Mountain ... (Director)
1993
- Blink ... (Director)
1992
- Bram Stoker's Dracula ... (Executive Producer)
- Thunderheart ... (Director)
- Incident at Oglala ... (Director)
- Crossroads ... (Producer)
1991
- Class Action ... (Director)
- 35 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
- My Life and Times ... (Director)
1990
- Criminal Justice ... (Executive Producer)
1989
- The Long Way Home ... (Cinematography)
1988
- POV ... (Director)
- Gorillas in the Mist ... (Director)
1987
- Critical Condition ... (Director)
1985
- Spies Like Us as Ace Tomato Agent
- Sting - Bring on the Night ... (Director)
1984
- Firstborn ... (Director)
- 28 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
- The River Rat ... (Executive Producer)
1983
- Gorky Park ... (Director)
1982
- P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang ... (Director)
1981
- Continental Divide ... (Director)
1980
- Coal Miner's Daughter ... (Director)
1979
- Agatha ... (Director)
1978
- Stronger Than the Sun ... (Director)
1977
- The Squeeze ... (Director)
- 21 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
1976
- The Paradise Run ... (Director)
- Laurence Olivier Presents ... (Director)
- The Collection ... (Director)
1975
- Wednesday Love ... (Director)
- Shades of Greene ... (Director)
1974
- Stardust ... (Director)
- Haunted: Poor Girl ... (Director)
1973
- Jack Point ... (Director)
- Highway Robbery ... (Director)
- Kisses at Fifty ... (Director)
- Black and Blue ... (Director)
1972
- The Reporters ... (Director)
- Said the Preacher ... (Director)
- Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. ... (Director)
- The Triple Echo ... (Director)
1971
- The Mosedale Horseshoe ... (Director)
- Follyfoot ... (Director)
1970
- Play for Today ... (Director)
- The Day They Buried Cleaver ... (Director)
- Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It ... (Director)
- 7 Plus Seven as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
1968
- Who Pays? ... (Director)
- Number Ten ... (Director)
- There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah ... (Director)
- Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar ... (Director)
- It’s Dearer After Midnight ... (Director)
1967
- Son of the City ... (Director)
1964
- Seven Up! ... (Researcher)
- The Up Series ... (Director)