
Michael Apted
Known for department: Directing
Birthday: 1941-02-10 – 2021-01-08
Place of birth: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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
Best Ever Bond
2002Self
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
2016Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
Bending the Light
2014Himself (voice)
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018Self
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
2000Self
Spies Like Us
1985Ace Tomato Agent
Hillbilly
2018Self
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
21 Up
1977Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
35 Up
1991Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
42 Up
1999Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
49 Up
2006Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
56 Up
2012Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
7 Plus Seven
1970Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
28 Up
1984Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
7 Up & Me
2019Self
Belushi
2020Self (archive footage)
63 Up
2019Himself - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)