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Michael Apted

Known for: Directing

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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Rome 2005TV show Amazon Prime VideoHBO Max Producer
The World Is Not Enough 1999Movie Amazon Prime Video Director
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 2010Movie Rakuten TV Director
The Up Series 1964TV show Director
Unlocked 2017Movie Director
Enough 2002Movie Rakuten TV Director
Thunderheart 1992Movie Director
Extreme Measures 1996Movie Director
Gorky Park 1983Movie Amazon Prime Video Director
Chasing Mavericks 2012Movie Director
Gorillas in the Mist 1988Movie Director
Enigma 2001Movie Director
Class Action 1991Movie Director
Amazing Grace 2007Movie Director
Coal Miner's Daughter 1980Movie Director
Sophie Marceau, à voix haute 2026Movie as Self (archive footage)
Nell 1994Movie Director
Critical Condition 1987Movie Director
63 Up 2019TV show as Self (interviewer) (uncredited)
42 Up 1999Movie as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
63 Up 2019Movie as Self - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
Continental Divide 1981Movie Director
28 Up 1984Movie as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
49 Up 2006Movie as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
Blink 1993Movie Director
Firstborn 1984Movie Director
35 Up 1991Movie as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
21 Up 1977Movie as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
Belushi 2020Movie as Self (archive footage)
56 Up 2012Movie as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang 1982Movie Director
Incident at Oglala 1992Movie Director
Agatha 1979Movie Director
Sting - Bring on the Night 1985Movie Director, Writer
7 Plus Seven 1970Movie as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
The Triple Echo 1972Movie Director
The Squeeze 1977Movie Director
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion 2018Movie as Self
Hillbilly 2018Movie as Self
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl 2016Movie as Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
The Grand Finale 2006Movie Director