Michael Apted

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1941-02-10

Deathday 2021-01-08 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Also Known As Michael David Apted, 迈克尔·阿普特德

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.

Known For

Director

2019
63 Up

as Director

2019
63 Up

as Director

2017
Unlocked

as Director

2015
Bloodline

as Director

2014
Bending the Light

as Director

2013
Ray Donovan

as Director

2013
Masters of Sex

as Director

2012
Chasing Mavericks

as Director

2012
56 Up

as Director

2007
2006
49 Up

as Director

2006
Amazing Grace

as Director

2006
2006
The Grand Finale

as Director

2006
What About Brian

as Director

2005
Rome

as Director

2005
Blind Justice

as Director

2002
Enough

as Director

2002
Lipstick

as Director

2002
Married in America

as Director

2001
Enigma

as Director

2000
Me & Isaac Newton

as Director

1999
42 Up

as Director

1999
1998
Always Outnumbered

as Director

1997
Inspirations

as Director

1996
Extreme Measures

as Director

1995
New York News

as Director

1994
Nell

as Director

1994
1993
Blink

as Director

1992
Thunderheart

as Director

1992
Incident at Oglala

as Director

1991
35 Up

as Director

1991
Class Action

as Director

1991
My Life and Times

as Director

1989
The Long Way Home

as Director

1988
1988
POV

as Director

1987
Critical Condition

as Director

1984
28 Up

as Director

1984
Firstborn

as Director

1983
Gorky Park

as Director

1982
1981
Continental Divide

as Director

1980
1979
Agatha

as Director

1978
1977
21 Up

as Director

1977
The Squeeze

as Director

1976
The Collection

as Director

1976
The Paradise Run

as Director

1975
Wednesday Love

as Director

1975
Shades of Greene

as Director

1974
Stardust

as Director

1974
Haunted: Poor Girl

as Director

1973
Kisses at Fifty

as Director

1973
Highway Robbery

as Director

1973
Jack Point

as Director

1973
Black and Blue

as Director

1972
The Triple Echo

as Director

1972
Said the Preacher

as Director

1972
The Reporters

as Director

1971
1971
Follyfoot

as Director

1970
7 Plus Seven

as Director

1970
Play for Today

as Director

1968
Number Ten

as Director

1968
Who Pays?

as Director

1967
Son of the City

as Director

1964
The Up Series

as Director

Actor

2020
Belushi

as Self (archive footage)

2019
63 Up

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

2019
7 Up & Me

as Self

2019
63 Up

as Self (interviewer) (uncredited)

2018
Hillbilly

as Self

2016
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl

as Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter

2014
Bending the Light

as Himself (voice)

2012
56 Up

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

2006
49 Up

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

2002
1999
42 Up

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

1991
35 Up

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)

1985
Spies Like Us

as Ace Tomato Agent

1984
28 Up

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

1977
21 Up

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

1970
7 Plus Seven

as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

Producer

2012
56 Up

as Producer

2006
49 Up

as Producer

2005
Rome

as Producer

1999
42 Up

as Producer

1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula

as Executive Producer

1992
Crossroads

as Producer

1991
35 Up

as Producer

1990
Criminal Justice

as Executive Producer

1984
28 Up

as Producer

1984
The River Rat

as Executive Producer

1977
21 Up

as Producer

1964
Seven Up!

as Researcher

1964
The Up Series

as Producer

Writer

2005
Rome

as Writer

Crew

1989
The Long Way Home

as Cinematography

Creator