Michael Apted
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 10 February 1941 · Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Died
- 8 January 2021
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
Acting 20
- 2026Sophie Marceau, à voix haute as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Belushi as Self (archive footage)
- 201963 Up as Self - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
- 20197 Up & Me as Self
- 2018CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self
- 2018Hillbilly as Self
- 2016Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl as Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
- 2014Bending the Light as Himself (voice)
- 201256 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
- 200649 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
- 2002Best Ever Bond as Self
- 2000James Bond Down River as Self
- 2000Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn as Self
- 199942 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
- 1995Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
- 199135 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
- 1985Spies Like Us as Ace Tomato Agent
- 198428 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
- 197721 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
- 19707 Plus Seven as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
Production 12
- 2026Section 1591 · executive producer
- 201256 Up · producer
- 200649 Up · producer
- 199942 Up · producer
- 1992Bram Stoker's Dracula · executive producer
- 199135 Up · producer
- 1991Age 7 in America · producer
- 1990Criminal Justice · executive producer
- 198428 Up · producer
- 1984The River Rat · executive producer
- 197721 Up · producer
- 1964Seven Up! · researcher
Directing 64
- 201963 Up · director
- 2017Unlocked · director
- 2014Bending the Light · director
- 2012Chasing Mavericks · director
- 201256 Up · director
- 2010The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader · director
- 2007The Power of the Game · director
- 2006The Grand Finale · director
- 2006Married in America 2 · director
- 200649 Up · director
- 2006Amazing Grace · director
- 2002Lipstick · director
- 2002Married in America · director
- 2002Enough · director
- 2001Enigma · director
- 2000Me & Isaac Newton · director
- 199942 Up · director
- 1999The World Is Not Enough · director
- 1998Always Outnumbered · director
- 1997Inspirations · director
- 1996Extreme Measures · director
- 1994Nell · director
- 1994Moving the Mountain · director
- 1993Blink · director
- 1992Incident at Oglala · director
- 1992Thunderheart · director
- 199135 Up · director
- 1991Class Action · director
- 1989The Long Way Home · director
- 1988Gorillas in the Mist · director
- 1987Critical Condition · director
- 1985Sting - Bring on the Night · director
- 198428 Up · director
- 1984Firstborn · director
- 1983Gorky Park · director
- 1982P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang · director
- 1981Continental Divide · director
- 1980Coal Miner's Daughter · director
- 1979Agatha · director
- 1978Stronger Than the Sun · director
- 197721 Up · director
- 1977The Squeeze · director
- 1976The Paradise Run · director
- 1976The Collection · director
- 1975Wednesday Love · director
- 1974Haunted: Poor Girl · director
- 1974Stardust · director
- 1973Jack Point · director
- 1973Highway Robbery · director
- 1973Kisses at Fifty · director
- 1972The Triple Echo · director
- 1972The Reporters · director
- 1972Said the Preacher · director
- 1972Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. · director
- 1971The Mosedale Horseshoe · director
- 1970The Day They Buried Cleaver · director
- 19707 Plus Seven · director
- 1970Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It · director
- 1968Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar · director
- 1968Number Ten · director
- 1968There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah · director
- 1968It’s Dearer After Midnight · director
- 1968Who Pays? · director
- 1967Son of the City · director
crew 1
- 1989The Long Way Home · cinematography
Writing 1
- 1985Sting - Bring on the Night · writer