Michael Apted
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Feb 10, 1941
- Died
- Jan 8, 2021 (aged 79)
- Place of birth
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 97
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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Known for
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010Movie
Director
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992Movie
Executive Producer
The World Is Not Enough
1999Movie
Director
Rome
2005TV
Writer, Director, Producer
Enough
2002Movie
Director
Unlocked
2017Movie
Director
Filmography
63 Up
2019Movie
Director
63 Up
2019TV
Director
Unlocked
2017Movie
Director
Bloodline
2015TV
Director
Bending the Light
2014Movie
Director
Masters of Sex
2013TV
Director
Ray Donovan
2013TV
Director
Chasing Mavericks
2012Movie
Director
56 Up
2012Movie
Director, Producer
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010Movie
Director
The Power of the Game
2007Movie
Director
Amazing Grace
2007Movie
Director
The Grand Finale
2006Movie
Director
Married in America 2
2006Movie
Director
49 Up
2006Movie
Director, Producer
What About Brian
2006TV
Director
Rome
2005TV
Writer, Director, Producer
Blind Justice
2005TV
Director
Lipstick
2002Movie
Director
Married in America
2002Movie
Director
Enough
2002Movie
Director
Enigma
2001Movie
Director
Me & Isaac Newton
2000Movie
Director
42 Up
1999Movie
Director, Producer
The World Is Not Enough
1999Movie
Director
Always Outnumbered
1998Movie
Director
Inspirations
1997Movie
Director
Extreme Measures
1996Movie
Director
New York News
1995TV
Director
Nell
1994Movie
Director
Moving the Mountain
1994Movie
Director
Blink
1993Movie
Director
Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992Movie
Executive Producer
Crossroads
1992TV
Producer
Incident at Oglala
1992Movie
Director
Thunderheart
1992Movie
Director
35 Up
1991Movie
Director, Producer
Age 7 in America
1991Movie
Producer
My Life and Times
1991TV
Director
Class Action
1991Movie
Director
Criminal Justice
1990Movie
Executive Producer
The Long Way Home
1989Movie
Director, Cinematography
Gorillas in the Mist
1988Movie
Director
POV
1988TV
Director
Critical Condition
1987Movie
Director
Sting - Bring on the Night
1985Movie
Director, Writer
28 Up
1984Movie
Director, Producer
Firstborn
1984Movie
Director
The River Rat
1984Movie
Executive Producer
Gorky Park
1983Movie
Director
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1982Movie
Director
Continental Divide
1981Movie
Director
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980Movie
Director
Agatha
1979Movie
Director
Stronger Than the Sun
1978Movie
Director
21 Up
1977Movie
Director, Producer
The Squeeze
1977Movie
Director
Childhood
1977TV
Director
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976TV
Director
Plays for Britain
1976TV
Director
The Paradise Run
1976Movie
Director
The Collection
1976Movie
Director
Shades of Greene
1975TV
Director
Wednesday Love
1975Movie
Director
Haunted: Poor Girl
1974Movie
Director
Stardust
1974Movie
Director
Jack Point
1973Movie
Director
Black and Blue
1973TV
Director
Highway Robbery
1973Movie
Director
Kisses at Fifty
1973Movie
Director
The Triple Echo
1972Movie
Director
The Reporters
1972Movie
Director
Said the Preacher
1972Movie
Director
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
1972Movie
Director
Follyfoot
1971TV
Director
The Mosedale Horseshoe
1971Movie
Director
7 Plus Seven
1970Movie
Director
The Day They Buried Cleaver
1970Movie
Director
Play for Today
1970TV
Director
The Sinners
1970TV
Director
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
1970Movie
Director
Big Breadwinner Hog
1969TV
Director
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969TV
Director
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968Movie
Director
Number Ten
1968Movie
Director
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
1968Movie
Director
It’s Dearer After Midnight
1968Movie
Director
Who Pays?
1968Movie
Director
Son of the City
1967Movie
Director
City '68
1967TV
Director
ITV Playhouse
1967TV
Director
Escape
1967TV
Director
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965TV
Director
Seven Up!
1964Movie
Researcher
The Up Series
1964TV
Director, Producer
Married in America
TV
Creator
Section 1591
Movie
Executive Producer