Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-02-10

Deathday

2021-01-08 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Michael David Apted
迈克尔·阿普特德

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.

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Acting

2020

Belushi as Self (archive footage)

2019		63 Up as Self (interviewer) (uncredited)
2019		63 Up as Himself - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
2019		7 Up & Me as Self

2018		CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion as Self
2018		Hillbilly as Self

2016

Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl as Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter

2014

Bending the Light as Himself (voice)

2012		56 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
2012		56 Up as 采访者/旁白（声音）

2006

49 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

2002

Best Ever Bond as Self

2000		James Bond Down River as Self
2000		Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn as Self

1999

42 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

1995

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

1991

35 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)

1985

Spies Like Us as Ace Tomato Agent

1984

28 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

1977

21 Up as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

1970

7 Plus Seven as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)

Creator

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Married in America as Creator

Crew

1989

The Long Way Home as Cinematography

Directing

2019		63 Up as Director
2019		63 Up as Director

2017

Unlocked as Director

2015

Bloodline as Director

2014

Bending the Light as Director

2013		Masters of Sex as Director
2013		Ray Donovan as Director

2012		Chasing Mavericks as Director
2012		56 Up as Director

2010

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as Director

2007

The Power of the Game as Director

2006		The Grand Finale as Director
2006		Married in America 2 as Director
2006		49 Up as Director
2006		Amazing Grace as Director
2006		What About Brian as Director

2005		Rome as Director
2005		Blind Justice as Director

2002		Lipstick as Director
2002		Married in America as Director
2002		Enough as Director

2001

Enigma as Director

2000

Me & Isaac Newton as Director

1999		42 Up as Director
1999		The World Is Not Enough as Director

1998

Always Outnumbered as Director

1997

Inspirations as Director

1996

Extreme Measures as Director

1995

New York News as Director

1994		Nell as Director
1994		Moving the Mountain as Director

1993

Blink as Director

1992		Incident at Oglala as Director
1992		Thunderheart as Director

1991		35 Up as Director
1991		My Life and Times as Director
1991		Class Action as Director

1989

The Long Way Home as Director

1988		Gorillas in the Mist as Director
1988		POV as Director

1987

Critical Condition as Director

1985

Sting - Bring on the Night as Director

1984		28 Up as Director
1984		Firstborn as Director

1983

Gorky Park as Director

1982

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang as Director

1981

Continental Divide as Director

1980

Coal Miner's Daughter as Director

1979

Agatha as Director

1978

Stronger Than the Sun as Director

1977		21 Up as Director
1977		The Squeeze as Director

1976		Laurence Olivier Presents as Director
1976		The Paradise Run as Director
1976		The Collection as Director

1975		Shades of Greene as Director
1975		Wednesday Love as Director

1974		Haunted: Poor Girl as Director
1974		Stardust as Director

1973		Jack Point as Director
1973		Black and Blue as Director
1973		Highway Robbery as Director
1973		Kisses at Fifty as Director

1972		The Triple Echo as Director
1972		The Reporters as Director
1972		Said the Preacher as Director
1972		Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. as Director

1971		Follyfoot as Director
1971		The Mosedale Horseshoe as Director

1970		7 Plus Seven as Director
1970		The Day They Buried Cleaver as Director
1970		Play for Today as Director
1970		Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It as Director

1968		Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar as Director
1968		Number Ten as Director
1968		There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah as Director
1968		It’s Dearer After Midnight as Director
1968		Who Pays? as Director

1967

Son of the City as Director

1964

The Up Series as Director

Production

2012

56 Up as Producer

2006

49 Up as Producer

2005

Rome as Producer

1999

42 Up as Producer

1992		Bram Stoker's Dracula as Executive Producer
1992		Crossroads as Producer

1991

35 Up as Producer

1990

Criminal Justice as Executive Producer

1984		28 Up as Producer
1984		The River Rat as Executive Producer

1977

21 Up as Producer

1964		Seven Up! as Researcher
1964		The Up Series as Producer

Writing

2005

Rome as Writer

1985

Sting - Bring on the Night as Writer