Michael Apted
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.
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are...
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Belushi
as Self (archive footage)Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J....
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35 Up
as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The...
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Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
as Self - Director, Coal Miner's DaughterExplore the country legend's hard-fought road to stardom. From her Appalachian roots to the...
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7 Up & Me
as SelfIn celebration of the release of 63 Up, the 2019 installment of Michael Apted's groundbreaking...
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56 Up
as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)When a cross-section of seven-year-olds were interviewed for 7 Up in 1964 it was immediately...
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21 Up
as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)After another 7 year wait, director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born...
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49 Up
as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when...
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7 Plus Seven
as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)After a 7 year wait, director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children...
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Hillbilly
as SelfA documentary that examines the cultural stereotype of the people of Appalachia and how that has...
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42 Up
as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The...
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63 Up
as Himself - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The...
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28 Up
as Interviewer/Narrator (voice)Just two years away from turning 30, participants in Michael Apted's documentary series are...
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Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
as uncreditedStephen Frears and a quartet of film industry notables - representing different cinematic...
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Bending the Light
as Himself (voice)From acclaimed director Michael Apted (The Up Series, Masters of Sex, The World is Not Enough)...
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Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
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63 Up
as Self (interviewer) (uncredited)Over nearly six decades, the series has documented the group as they have become adults and...
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