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Michael David Apted, is an English 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–), the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999) as well as Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), which received seven Academy Award nominations including for the Best Picture, and Nell (1994), which received three Golden Globe Award and one Academy Award nomination.
Birth Name
Michael David Apted
Born
Monday, 10 February 1941
Died
Thursday, 07 January 2021
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Belushi | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| 7 Up & Me | Self - Director, The Up Series / Self | 2019 |
| Hillbilly | Self | 2018 |
| CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion | Self | 2018 |
| ITV Changed My Life | Self | 2015 |
| Bending the Light | (voice) / Himself (voice) | 2014 |
| The World in Action Years | Self - Former WIA Producer | 2013 |
| 56 Up | Self - Narrator / Interviewer / Interviewer/Narrator (voice) | 2012 |
| Cleanflix | Self - President, DGA | 2009 |
| Hollywood's Best Film Directors | Film Director / Self - Interviewee | 2009 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Belushi | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| 7 Up & Me | Self - Director, The Up Series / Self | 2019 |
| Hillbilly | Self | 2018 |
| CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion | Self | 2018 |
| ITV Changed My Life | Self | 2015 |
| Bending the Light | (voice) / Himself (voice) | 2014 |
| The World in Action Years | Self - Former WIA Producer | 2013 |
| 56 Up | Self - Narrator / Interviewer / Interviewer/Narrator (voice) | 2012 |
| Cleanflix | Self - President, DGA | 2009 |
| Hollywood's Best Film Directors | Film Director / Self - Interviewee | 2009 |
| Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen | Quote Reader | 2007 |
| Married in America 2 | Self - Narrator | 2006 |
| 49 Up | Narrator / Interviewer / Interviewer/Narrator (voice) | 2005 |
| Best Ever Bond | Self | 2002 |
| The James Bond Story | Self - Interviewee | 1999 |
| 42 Up | Narrator / Interviewer / Interviewer/Narrator (voice) | 1998 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
| Mad TV | Self | 1995 |
| Century of Cinema | Self | 1995 |
| 35 Up | Interviewer | 1991 |
| American Masters | Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter | 1986 |
| Spies Like Us | Ace Tomato Agent | 1985 |
| Bring on the Night | Self / Interviewer | 1985 |
| 28 Up | Interviewer / Interviewer/Narrator (voice) | 1984 |
| 21 Up | Self - Narrator / Interviewer/Narrator (voice) | 1977 |
| 7 Plus Seven | Self - Narrator / Interviewer/Narrator (voice) | 1970 |
| 60 Minutes | Himself - Director (segment "Michael Apted") | 1968 |
| World in Action | Self - interviewer | 1963 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Bending the Light | 2014 |
| Masters of Sex | 2013 |
| 56 Up | 2012 |
| 21 Up America | 2006 |
| 49 Up | 2005 |
| Rome | 2005 |
| 42 Up | 1998 |
| 14 Up in America | 1998 |
| Inspirations | 1997 |
| Bram Stoker's Dracula | 1992 |
| Crossroads | 1992 |
| Intruders | 1992 |
| Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story | 1992 |
| 35 Up | 1991 |
| Age 7 in America | 1991 |
| Criminal Justice | 1990 |
| P.O.V. | 1988 |
| 28 Up | 1984 |
| The River Rat | 1984 |
| 21 Up | 1977 |
| 7 Plus Seven | 1970 |
