
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, directing the first three episodes of the TV series Rome (2005). Apted directed Amazing Grace, which premiered at the closing of the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.
Personal Info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-02-10
Place of Birth
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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Cast
Best Ever Bond
20025.0 / 10
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
20168.0 / 10
Bending the Light
20143.5 / 10
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
20185.2 / 10
Spies Like Us
19856.2 / 10
Hillbilly
20187.0 / 10
56 Up
20127.2 / 10
49 Up
20067.4 / 10
42 Up
19997.6 / 10
35 Up
19917.7 / 10
28 Up
19847.5 / 10
21 Up
19777.4 / 10
7 Plus Seven
19707.3 / 10
7 Up & Me
20197.5 / 10
Belushi
20206.9 / 10
63 Up
20197.3 / 10
James Bond Down River
20005.0 / 10
Crew
Nell
19946.6 / 10
Enough
20026.7 / 10
Gorillas in the Mist
19887.0 / 10
Enigma
20016.4 / 10
Extreme Measures
19966.0 / 10
21 Up
19777.4 / 10
28 Up
19847.5 / 10
35 Up
19917.7 / 10
42 Up
19997.6 / 10
Bram Stoker's Dracula
19927.4 / 10
Agatha
19796.2 / 10
Gorky Park
19836.3 / 10
Thunderheart
19926.3 / 10
Critical Condition
19875.5 / 10
Sting - Bring on the Night
19856.9 / 10
Incident at Oglala
19927.0 / 10
Stardust
19745.8 / 10
Continental Divide
19816.1 / 10
Always Outnumbered
19986.4 / 10
49 Up
20067.4 / 10
The World Is Not Enough
19996.3 / 10
Amazing Grace
20066.9 / 10
Coal Miner's Daughter
19807.2 / 10
The Triple Echo
19726.0 / 10
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
19827.0 / 10
Class Action
19916.3 / 10
7 Plus Seven
19707.3 / 10
Firstborn
19846.0 / 10
Chasing Mavericks
20127.0 / 10
The Squeeze
19775.8 / 10
Inspirations
19976.8 / 10
56 Up
20127.2 / 10
The Collection
19765.7 / 10
Lipstick
20023.0 / 10
The Power of the Game
20070.0 / 10
Moving the Mountain
19947.8 / 10
The Paradise Run
19760.0 / 10
Criminal Justice
19906.4 / 10
Blink
19936.2 / 10
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
19720.0 / 10
The Long Way Home
19897.0 / 10
Kisses at Fifty
19730.0 / 10
Stronger Than the Sun
19780.0 / 10
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
19685.0 / 10
Bending the Light
20143.5 / 10
Unlocked
20176.2 / 10
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
19700.0 / 10
The Mosedale Horseshoe
19710.0 / 10
The Day They Buried Cleaver
19700.0 / 10
Number Ten
19680.0 / 10
Me & Isaac Newton
20000.0 / 10
It’s Dearer After Midnight
19680.0 / 10
Married in America 2
20061.0 / 10
Who Pays?
19680.0 / 10
Son of the City
19670.0 / 10
Said the Preacher
19720.0 / 10
Seven Up!
19647.2 / 10
The Reporters
19720.0 / 10
Highway Robbery
19730.0 / 10
Jack Point
19730.0 / 10
Wednesday Love
19750.0 / 10
The Grand Finale
20065.7 / 10
63 Up
20197.3 / 10
Married in America
20020.0 / 10
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
19680.0 / 10
Haunted: Poor Girl
19747.0 / 10
The River Rat
19846.2 / 10
Section 1591
TBA0.0 / 10