Michael Apted

Known for: Directing
Born: February 10, 1941, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Died: January 8, 2021
Movies: 85

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.4

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

2010

6.3

The World Is Not Enough

1999

6.6

Enough

2002

6.3

Unlocked

2017

6.2

Spies Like Us

1985

7.0

Gorillas in the Mist

1988

7.0

Chasing Mavericks

2012

6.5

Nell

1994

6.0

Extreme Measures

1996

6.3

Enigma

2001

Filmography

2026	Sophie Marceau, à voix haute	Self (archive footage)
2020	Belushi	Self (archive footage)
2019	63 Up	Self - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
2019	7 Up & Me	Self
2018	CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion	Self
2018	Hillbilly	Self
2016	Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl	Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
2014	Bending the Light	Himself (voice)
2012	56 Up	Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
2006	49 Up	Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
2002	Best Ever Bond	Self
2000	James Bond Down River	Self
2000	Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn	Self
1999	42 Up	Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
1995	Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1991	35 Up	Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
1985	Spies Like Us	Ace Tomato Agent
1985	28 Up	Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
1977	21 Up	Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
1970	7 Plus Seven	Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

Directing, Writing & Producing

2019	63 Up	Director
2017	Unlocked	Director
2014	Bending the Light	Director
2012	Chasing Mavericks	Director
2012	56 Up	Director, Producer
2010	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	Director
2007	The Power of the Game	Director
2007	Amazing Grace	Director
2006	The Grand Finale	Director
2006	Married in America 2	Director
2006	49 Up	Director, Producer
2002	Lipstick	Director
2002	Married in America	Director
2002	Enough	Director
2001	Enigma	Director
2000	Me & Isaac Newton	Director
1999	42 Up	Director, Producer
1999	The World Is Not Enough	Director
1998	Always Outnumbered	Director
1997	Inspirations	Director
1996	Extreme Measures	Director
1994	Nell	Director
1994	Moving the Mountain	Director
1993	Blink	Director
1992	Age 7 in America	Producer
1992	Incident at Oglala	Director
1992	Thunderheart	Director
1991	35 Up	Director, Producer
1991	Class Action	Director
1989	The Long Way Home	Director
1988	Gorillas in the Mist	Director
1987	Critical Condition	Director
1985	Sting - Bring on the Night	Writer, Director
1985	28 Up	Director, Producer
1984	Firstborn	Director
1983	Gorky Park	Director
1982	P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang	Director
1981	Continental Divide	Director
1980	Coal Miner's Daughter	Director
1979	Agatha	Director
1978	Stronger Than the Sun	Director
1977	21 Up	Director, Producer
1977	The Squeeze	Director
1976	The Paradise Run	Director
1976	The Collection	Director
1975	Wednesday Love	Director
1974	Haunted: Poor Girl	Director
1974	Stardust	Director
1973	Jack Point	Director
1973	Highway Robbery	Director
1973	Kisses at Fifty	Director
1972	The Triple Echo	Director
1972	The Reporters	Director
1972	Said the Preacher	Director
1972	Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.	Director
1971	The Mosedale Horseshoe	Director
1970	7 Plus Seven	Director
1970	The Day They Buried Cleaver	Director
1970	Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It	Director
1968	Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar	Director
1968	Number Ten	Director
1968	There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah	Director
1968	It’s Dearer After Midnight	Director
1968	Who Pays?	Director
1967	Son of the City	Director

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