Michael Apted
Directing
Born: February 10, 1941 · Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Died: January 8, 2021 (aged 79)
Highest Rated
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Apted, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
The World Is Not Enough
1999
Rome
2005
Enough
2002
Unlocked
2017
Ray Donovan
2013
Spies Like Us
1985
Gorillas in the Mist
1988
Chasing Mavericks
2012
Nell
1994
Masters of Sex
2013
Photos (2)
Movies (9)
Spies Like Us
Ace Tomato Agent
28 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
49 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
42 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
35 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
21 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
56 Up
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
7 Plus Seven
Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
Self / Appearances (12)
Sophie Marceau, à voix haute
Self (archive footage)
Belushi
Self (archive footage)
63 Up
Self (interviewer) (uncredited) · 3 eps
63 Up
Self - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
James Bond Down River
Self
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
Self
7 Up & Me
Self
Best Ever Bond
Self
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
Self
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
Hillbilly
Self
Bending the Light
Himself (voice)
Upcoming (1)
Directing (73)
Play for Today
Director
Rome
Director
Ray Donovan
Director
ITV Playhouse
Director
Masters of Sex
Director
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Director
POV
Director
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Director
Bloodline
Director
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Director
What About Brian
Director
The World Is Not Enough
Director
Blind Justice
Director
Extreme Measures
Director
Enough
Director
Unlocked
Director
New York News
Director
Thunderheart
Director
The Up Series
Director
Enigma
Director
Follyfoot
Director
Chasing Mavericks
Director
Laurence Olivier Presents
Director
Coal Miner's Daughter
Director
Gorillas in the Mist
Director
Class Action
Director
Amazing Grace
Director
Gorky Park
Director
Shades of Greene
Director
Blink
Director
Plays for Britain
Director
Nell
Director
Agatha
Director
Critical Condition
Director
Firstborn
Director
Continental Divide
Director
63 Up
Director
28 Up
Director
The Squeeze
Director
49 Up
Director
42 Up
Director
63 Up
Director
35 Up
Director
The Collection
Director
21 Up
Director
56 Up
Director
The Triple Echo
Director
Incident at Oglala
Director
Big Breadwinner Hog
Director
7 Plus Seven
Director
Stronger Than the Sun
Director
Wednesday Love
Director
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
Director
The Reporters
Director
Sting - Bring on the Night
Director
Always Outnumbered
Director
The Long Way Home
Director
It’s Dearer After Midnight
Director
Jack Point
Director
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
Director
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
Director
Kisses at Fifty
Director
Stardust
Director
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
Director
Haunted: Poor Girl
Director
Highway Robbery
Director
The Paradise Run
Director
Me & Isaac Newton
Director
The Grand Finale
Director
The Power of the Game
Director
Married in America
Director
Lipstick
Director
Bending the Light
Director
Writing (2)
Producing (13)
Rome
Producer
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Executive Producer
The Up Series
Producer
28 Up
Producer
Crossroads
Producer
49 Up
Producer
42 Up
Producer
35 Up
Producer
Seven Up!
Researcher
21 Up
Producer
The River Rat
Executive Producer
56 Up
Producer
Criminal Justice
Executive Producer