Michael Apted

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-02-10 (80 years old)

Deathday

2021-01-08

Place of Birth

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Michael Apted

Biography

Michael David Apted, CMG (10 February 1941 – January 8, 2021) was a British director, producer, writer and actor. One of the most prolific English film directors of his generation, he is known for directing: the Up series (1964–2019), the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999), and the American film, Coal Miner's Daughter (1980); the latter being nominated for seven Academy Awards, including for the Best Picture. He also directed Nell (1994), which received three Golden Globe Award nominations and one Academy Award nomination. On 29 June 2003, he was elected president of the Directors' Guild of America. He returned to television, dir...

Acting

2002

2016

Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

as Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter

2014

Bending the Light

as Himself (voice)

1985

Spies Like Us

as Ace Tomato Agent

2018

Hillbilly

as Self

2012

56 Up

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

2006

49 Up

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

1999

42 Up

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

1991

35 Up

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)

1984

28 Up

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

1977

21 Up

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

1970

7 Plus Seven

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

2019

7 Up & Me

as Self

2020

Belushi

as Self (archive footage)

2019

63 Up

as Himself - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)

Production

1994

Nell

as Director

2002

Enough

as Director

1988

2001

Enigma

as Director

1996

Extreme Measures

as Director

1977

21 Up

as Director

1984

28 Up

as Director

1991

35 Up

as Director

1999

42 Up

as Director

1992

Bram Stoker's Dracula

as Executive Producer

1979

Agatha

as Director

1983

Gorky Park

as Director

1992

Thunderheart

as Director

1987

1992

1974

Stardust

as Director

1981

1998

2006

49 Up

as Director

2006

Amazing Grace

as Director

1980

1972

The Triple Echo

as Director

1991

Class Action

as Director

1970

7 Plus Seven

as Director

1984

Firstborn

as Director

2012

1977

The Squeeze

as Director

1997

Inspirations

as Director

2012

56 Up

as Director

2012

56 Up

as Producer

1976

The Collection

as Director

2002

Lipstick

as Director

2007

1994

1976

The Paradise Run

as Director

1990

Criminal Justice

as Executive Producer

1993

Blink

as Director

1977

21 Up

as Producer

1989

1989

The Long Way Home

as Cinematography

1973

Kisses at Fifty

as Director

1984

28 Up

as Producer

1978

1991

35 Up

as Producer

1999

42 Up

as Producer

2014

2017

Unlocked

as Director

2006

49 Up

as Producer

1971

1968

Number Ten

as Director

2000

2006

1968

Who Pays?

as Director

1967

Son of the City

as Director

1972

1964

Seven Up!

as Researcher

1972

The Reporters

as Director

1973

Highway Robbery

as Director

1973

Jack Point

as Director

1975

Wednesday Love

as Director

2006

The Grand Finale

as Director

2019

63 Up

as Director

2002

1974

1984

The River Rat

as Executive Producer

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as Executive Producer

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