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

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2020	Belushi	Self (archive footage)
2019	63 Up	Self (interviewer) (uncredited)
2019	63 Up	Himself - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
2019	7 Up & Me	Self
2018	Hillbilly	Self
2018	CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion	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	Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn	Self
2000	James Bond Down River	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
1984	28 Up	Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
1977	21 Up	Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
1970	7 Plus Seven	Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	Married in America	Creator
2019	63 Up	Director
2019	63 Up	Director
2017	Unlocked	Director
2015	Bloodline	Director
2014	Bending the Light	Director
2013	Ray Donovan	Director
2013	Masters of Sex	Director
2012	Chasing Mavericks	Director
2012	56 Up	Director
2012	56 Up	Producer
2010	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	Director
2007	The Power of the Game	Director
2006	Amazing Grace	Director
2006	49 Up	Director
2006	49 Up	Producer
2006	What About Brian	Director
2006	The Grand Finale	Director
2006	Married in America 2	Director
2005	Rome	Writer
2005	Rome	Director
2005	Rome	Producer
2005	Blind Justice	Director
2002	Enough	Director
2002	Lipstick	Director
2002	Married in America	Director
2001	Enigma	Director
2000	Me & Isaac Newton	Director
1999	The World Is Not Enough	Director
1999	42 Up	Director
1999	42 Up	Producer
1998	Always Outnumbered	Director
1997	Inspirations	Director
1996	Extreme Measures	Director
1995	New York News	Director
1994	Nell	Director
1994	Moving the Mountain	Director
1993	Blink	Director
1992	Bram Stoker's Dracula	Executive Producer
1992	Thunderheart	Director
1992	Incident at Oglala	Director
1992	Crossroads	Producer
1991	Class Action	Director
1991	35 Up	Director
1991	35 Up	Producer
1991	My Life and Times	Director
1990	Criminal Justice	Executive Producer
1989	The Long Way Home	Director
1989	The Long Way Home	Cinematography
1988	Gorillas in the Mist	Director
1988	POV	Director
1987	Critical Condition	Director
1985	Sting: Bring on the Night	Director
1985	Sting: Bring on the Night	Writer
1984	28 Up	Director
1984	28 Up	Producer
1984	Firstborn	Director
1984	The River Rat	Executive Producer
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
1977	21 Up	Producer
1977	The Squeeze	Director
1976	The Collection	Director
1976	The Paradise Run	Director
1976	Laurence Olivier Presents	Director
1975	Shades of Greene	Director
1975	Wednesday Love	Director
1974	Stardust	Director
1974	Haunted: Poor Girl	Director
1973	Black and Blue	Director
1973	Kisses at Fifty	Director
1973	High Kampf	Director
1973	Highway Robbery	Director
1973	Jack Point	Director
1972	The Triple Echo	Director
1972	Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.	Director
1972	Said the Preacher	Director
1972	The Reporters	Director
1971	Follyfoot	Director
1971	The Mosedale Horseshoe	Director
1970	7 Plus Seven	Director
1970	Play for Today	Director
1970	Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It	Director
1970	The Day They Buried Cleaver	Director
1968	Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar	Director
1968	Number Ten	Director
1968	It’s Dearer After Midnight	Director
1968	Who Pays?	Director
1968	There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah	Director
1967	Son of the City	Director
1965	Thirty-Minute Theatre	Director
1964	Seven Up!	Researcher
1964	The Up Series	Director
1964	The Up Series	Producer