Michael Apted

Michael Apted

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.

Belushi
2020
Self (archive footage)
63 Up
2019
Director
7 Up & Me
2019
Self
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018
Self
Hillbilly
2018
Self
Unlocked
2017
Director
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
2016
Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
Bending the Light
2014
Director
Chasing Mavericks
2012
Director
56 Up
2012
Director
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
Director
The Power of the Game
2007
Director
49 Up
2006
Director
Amazing Grace
2006
Director
The Grand Finale
2006
Director
Enough
2002
Director
Lipstick
2002
Director
Married in America
2002
Director
Enigma
2001
Director
Me & Isaac Newton
2000
Director
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
2000
Self
42 Up
1999
Director
The World Is Not Enough
1999
Director
Always Outnumbered
1998
Director
Extreme Measures
1996
Director
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
Nell
1994
Director
Blink
1993
Director
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
Executive Producer
Thunderheart
1992
Director
Incident at Oglala
1992
Director
35 Up
1991
Director
Class Action
1991
Director
Criminal Justice
1990
Executive Producer
Gorillas in the Mist
1988
Director
Critical Condition
1987
Director
Sting - Bring on the Night
1985
Director
Spies Like Us
1985
Ace Tomato Agent
28 Up
1984
Director
Firstborn
1984
Director
The River Rat
1984
Executive Producer
Gorky Park
1983
Director
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1982
Director
Continental Divide
1981
Director
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980
Director
Agatha
1979
Director
Stronger Than the Sun
1978
Director
21 Up
1977
Director
The Squeeze
1977
Director
The Collection
1976
Director
Wednesday Love
1975
Director
Stardust
1974
Director
Haunted: Poor Girl
1974
Director
Kisses at Fifty
1973
Director
Highway Robbery
1973
Director
Jack Point
1973
Director
The Triple Echo
1972
Director
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
1972
Director
The Reporters
1972
Director
7 Plus Seven
1970
Director
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968
Director
It’s Dearer After Midnight
1968
Director
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
1968
Director
Seven Up!
1964
Researcher
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Executive Producer