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.
Acting (18 movies)
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
2016
Bending the Light
2014
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
2018
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
2000
Spies Like Us
1985
Hillbilly
2018
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
21 Up
1977
35 Up
1991
42 Up
1999
49 Up
2006
56 Up
2012
7 Plus Seven
1970
28 Up
1984
7 Up & Me
2019
Belushi
2020
63 Up
2019
James Bond Down River
2000
Directing (64 movies)
Nell
1994
Enough
2002
Gorillas in the Mist
1988
Enigma
2001
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010
Extreme Measures
1996
42 Up
1999
21 Up
1977
28 Up
1984
35 Up
1991
Agatha
1979
Gorky Park
1983
Thunderheart
1992
Critical Condition
1987
Sting - Bring on the Night
1985
Incident at Oglala
1992
Stardust
1974
Continental Divide
1981
Always Outnumbered
1998
49 Up
2006
The World Is Not Enough
1999
Amazing Grace
2006
Coal Miner's Daughter
1980
The Triple Echo
1972
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1982
Class Action
1991
7 Plus Seven
1970
Firstborn
1984
Chasing Mavericks
2012
The Squeeze
1977
Inspirations
1997
56 Up
2012
The Collection
1976
Lipstick
2002
The Power of the Game
2007
Moving the Mountain
1994
The Paradise Run
1976
Blink
1993
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
1972
The Long Way Home
1989
Kisses at Fifty
1973
Stronger Than the Sun
1978
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
1968
Bending the Light
2014
Unlocked
2017
Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
1970
The Mosedale Horseshoe
1971
The Day They Buried Cleaver
1970
Number Ten
1968
Me & Isaac Newton
2000
It’s Dearer After Midnight
1968
Married in America 2
2006
Who Pays?
1968
Son of the City
1967
Said the Preacher
1972
The Reporters
1972
Wednesday Love
1975
Highway Robbery
1973
Jack Point
1973
The Grand Finale
2006
63 Up
2019
Married in America
2002
There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
1968
Haunted: Poor Girl
1974
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Up | 1977 | Producer |
| The River Rat | 1984 | Executive Producer |
| 28 Up | 1984 | Producer |
| Sting - Bring on the Night | 1985 | Writer |
| Criminal Justice | 1990 | Executive Producer |
| 35 Up | 1991 | Producer |
| Bram Stoker's Dracula | 1992 | Executive Producer |
| 42 Up | 1999 | Producer |
| 49 Up | 2006 | Producer |
| 56 Up | 2012 | Producer |