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Michael Apted
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born February 10, 1941Died January 8, 2021 (79 years)
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.
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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.
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Michael Apted Filmography
| 2019 | 63 Up (TV Series) |
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| 2015 | Bloodline (TV Series) |
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| 2014 | Reckless (2014) (TV Series) |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex (TV Series) |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan (TV Series) |
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| 2006 | What About Brian (TV Series) |
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| 2005 | Rome (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Blind Justice (TV Series) |
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| 1995 | New York News (TV Series) |
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| 1992 | Crossroads (1992) (TV Series) |
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| 1991 | My Life and Times (TV Series) |
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| 1988 | P.O.V. (TV Series) |
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| 1971 | Follyfoot (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) |
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| 1970 | The Lovers (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Big Breadwinner Hog (TV Series) |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1964 | The Up Series (TV Series) |
| 1963 | World in Action (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) |
| 2014 | Bending the Light · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex (TV Series) |
| 2012 | |
| 2006 | 21 Up America · as Executive Producer |
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| 2005 | Rome (TV Series) |
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| 1998 | 14 Up in America · as Executive Producer |
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| 1992 | Bram Stoker's Dracula · as Executive Producer |
| 1992 | Crossroads (1992) (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Intruders (1992) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 1992 | Age 7 in America · as Executive Producer |
| 1992 | Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story · as Executive Producer |
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| 1990 | Criminal Justice · as Executive Producer |
| 1988 | P.O.V. (TV Series) |
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| 1984 | The River Rat · as Executive Producer |
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| 1964 | The Up Series (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Rome (TV Series) |
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| 2018 | Hillbilly · as Cast |
| 2012 | 56 Up · as Interviewer/narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | Hollywood's Best Film Directors (TV Series) · as Film Director |
| 2005 | 49 Up · as Interviewer/narrator (voice) |
| 1998 | 42 Up · as Interviewer/narrator (voice) |
| 1996 | Sex and the Silver Screen (TV Series) · as Quote Reader |
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| 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) |
| 2021 | The Oscars · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 2020 | Belushi · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | 63 Up (TV Series) · as Self (interviewer) (uncredited) |
| 2019 | 63 Up · as Himself - Interviewer/narrator (voice)(uncredited) |
| 2019 | 7 Up & Me · as Self |
| 2016 | Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl · as Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter |
| 2014 | Bending the Light · as Himself (voice) |
| 2014 | Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self - Director |
| 2012 | CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion · as Self |
| 2009 | Cleanflix · as Self - President, Dga |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Married in America 2 · as Self - Narrator |
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| 2005 | The 50 Greatest Documentaries · as Self |
| 2002 | James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute · as Self |
| 2002 | Best Ever Bond · as Self |
| 2002 | Enigma: About 'Enigma' - The Movie · as Self |
| 2002 | Enigma: Behind the Scenes · as Self |
| 2002 | Enigma: Cast and Crew Interviews · as Self |
| 2000 | Click (2000) (TV Series) · as Self - Director, The World Is Not Enough |
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| 1999 | And the Word Was Bond · as Self |
| 1999 | Premiere Bond: The World Is Not Enough · as Self |
| 1999 | The Bond Cocktail · as Self |
| 1999 | The James Bond Story · as Self - Interviewee |
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| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | MADtv (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | The Century of Cinema (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self - Director, Continental Divide |
| 1985 | Bring on the Night · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self - Director (segment "michael Apted") |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1964 | Seven Up! · as Researcher |