Michael Apted
Known for DirectingBorn 1941-02-10 — died 2021-01-08Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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.
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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.
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Known for
Spies Like Us
1985 · as Ace Tomato Agent
Best Ever Bond
2002 · as Self
42 Up
1999 · as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
7 Plus Seven
1970 · as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
21 Up
1977 · as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
49 Up
2006 · as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
28 Up
1984 · as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
35 Up
1991 · as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
63 Up
2019 · as Himself - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
James Bond Down River
2000 · as Self
7 Up & Me
2019 · as Self
Hillbilly
2018 · as Self
56 Up
2012 · as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018 · as Self
Belushi
2020 · as Self (archive footage)
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
2016 · as Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
Bending the Light
2014 · as Himself (voice)