Michael Apted

Michael Apted

Directing

Born 1941-02-10 Died 2021-01-08 Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK 107 credits Directors Guild of America 1 Grammy Awards 1 Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George 1

Awards

Won 1 Directors Guild of America Award

Directors Guild of America 1 won

— Award Won

Grammy Awards 1 won

1987 Best Music Film Won Bring on the Night

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George 1 won

— Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Won

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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.

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Filmography — top 60 of 107

Directing 53 credits

Play for Today

1970 · Director

Ray Donovan

2013 · ★ 7.5 · Director

Rome

2005 · ★ 8.2 · Director, Writer, Producer

Masters of Sex

2013 · ★ 7.1 · Director

Point of View

1988 · Director

ITV Playhouse

1967 · Director

Bloodline

2015 · ★ 7.1 · Director

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965 · Director

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969 · Director

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

2010 · ★ 6.4 · Director

The World Is Not Enough

The World Is Not Enough

1999 · ★ 6.3 · Director

What About Brian

What About Brian

2006 · Director

Blind Justice

2005 · Director

New York News

1995 · Director

Unlocked

2017 · ★ 6.3 · Director

City '68

1967 · Director

Enough

2002 · ★ 6.6 · Director

The Up Series

1964 · Director, Producer

Thunderheart

1992 · ★ 6.3 · Director

Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures

1996 · ★ 6.0 · Director

Follyfoot

1971 · Director

Nell

1994 · ★ 6.5 · Director

Gorky Park

1983 · ★ 6.3 · Director

Gorillas in the Mist

Gorillas in the Mist

1988 · ★ 7.0 · Director

The Sinners

1970 · Director

Black and Blue

1973 · Director

Class Action

1991 · ★ 6.3 · Director

Enigma

2001 · ★ 6.3 · Director

Amazing Grace

2006 · ★ 6.9 · Director

Laurence Olivier Presents

Laurence Olivier Presents

1976 · Director

Coal Miner's Daughter

Coal Miner's Daughter

1980 · ★ 7.2 · Director

Shades of Greene

Shades of Greene

1975 · Director

Plays for Britain

Plays for Britain

1976 · Director

Chasing Mavericks

Chasing Mavericks

2012 · ★ 7.0 · Director

Blink

1993 · ★ 6.1 · Director

Critical Condition

Critical Condition

1987 · ★ 5.5 · Director

Continental Divide

Continental Divide

1981 · ★ 6.1 · Director

35 Up

1991 · ★ 7.6 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)

Agatha

1979 · ★ 6.1 · Director

63 Up

2019 · Director, Himself - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)

63 Up

2019 · Director, Self (interviewer) (uncredited)

42 Up

1999 · ★ 7.6 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

1982 · Director

My Life and Times

My Life and Times

1991 · Director

49 Up

2006 · ★ 7.4 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

28 Up

1984 · ★ 7.5 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

Childhood

1977 · Director

Firstborn

1984 · ★ 6.2 · Director

56 Up

2012 · ★ 7.2 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

Escape

1967 · Director

21 Up

1977 · ★ 7.4 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

Always Outnumbered

Always Outnumbered

1998 · Director

Wednesday Love

1975 · Director

Producing 12 credits

Rome

2005 · ★ 8.2 · Director, Writer, Producer

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992 · ★ 7.4 · Executive Producer

The Up Series

1964 · Director, Producer

35 Up

1991 · ★ 7.6 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)

42 Up

1999 · ★ 7.6 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

The River Rat

1984 · Executive Producer

49 Up

2006 · ★ 7.4 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

28 Up

1984 · ★ 7.5 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

56 Up

2012 · ★ 7.2 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

Crossroads

1992 · Producer

21 Up

1977 · ★ 7.4 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

1990 · Executive Producer

Acting 11 credits

Spies Like Us

1985 · ★ 6.2 · Ace Tomato Agent

35 Up

1991 · ★ 7.6 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)

63 Up

2019 · Director, Himself - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)

63 Up

2019 · Director, Self (interviewer) (uncredited)

42 Up

1999 · ★ 7.6 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

Belushi

2020 · ★ 7.0 · Self (archive footage)

49 Up

2006 · ★ 7.4 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

28 Up

1984 · ★ 7.5 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

56 Up

2012 · ★ 7.2 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion

21 Up

1977 · ★ 7.4 · Director, Producer, Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

Writing 1 credit

Rome

2005 · ★ 8.2 · Director, Writer, Producer

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