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Michael Apted

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Elected as the new President of the Director's Guild of America. He replaces Martha Coolidge and has been a DGA member since 1978. [29 June 2003] See more trivia »

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Michael David Apted
in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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Hide HideDirector (73 titles)
2013 Masters of Sex (TV series) (post-production)
– Love and Marriage (2013)
– Catherine
 
2012 Chasing Mavericks
 
2012 56 Up (TV documentary)
 
2011 Hallelujah (TV movie)
 
2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
 
2007 P.O.V. (TV series documentary)
– 49 Up (2007)
 
2007 The Power of the Game (documentary)
 
2006 Married in America 2 (TV documentary)
 
2006 The Official Film of the 2006 FIFA World Cup (TM) (video documentary)
 
2006 What About Brian (TV series)
– What About the Fish (2006)
 
2006 Amazing Grace
 
2005 49 Up (TV documentary)
 
2005 Rome (TV series)
– An Owl in a Thornbush (2005)
– How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic (2005)
– The Stolen Eagle (2005)
 
2005 Blind Justice (TV series)
– Leap of Faith (2005)
 
2003 Married in America (TV documentary)
 
2002 Lipstick (short)
 
2002/I Enough
 
2001 Enigma
 
1999 The World Is Not Enough
 
1999 Me & Isaac Newton (documentary)
 
1999 Nathan Dixon (TV movie)
 
1998 42: Forty Two Up (TV documentary)
 
1998 Always Outnumbered (TV movie)
 
1997 Inspirations (documentary)
 
1996 Extreme Measures
 
1995 New York News (TV series)
– New York News (1995)
 
1994 Nell
 
1994 Moving the Mountain (documentary)
 
1994 Blink
 
1992 Crossroads (TV series)
 
1992 Incident at Oglala (documentary)
 
1992 Thunderheart
 
1991 35 Up (TV documentary)
 
1991 My Life and Times (TV series)
– Jessie (1991)
– April 9, 2035 (1991)
 
1991 Class Action
 
1989 The Long Way Home (TV documentary)
 
1988 Gorillas in the Mist
 
1987 Critical Condition
 
1985 Bring on the Night (documentary)
 
1984 28 Up (TV documentary)
 
1984 Firstborn
 
1983 Gorky Park
 
1982 P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang. (TV movie)
 
1981 Continental Divide
 
1980 Coal Miner's Daughter
 
1979 Agatha
 
1972-1977 Play for Today (TV series)
– Stronger Than the Sun (1977)
– Wednesday Love (1975)
– Jack Point (1973)
– Highway Robbery (1973)
– Kisses at Fifty (1973)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1977 21 (TV documentary)
 
1977 The Squeeze
 
1976 Plays for Britain (TV series)
– The Paradise Run (1976)
 
1976 Great Performances (TV series)
– The Collection (1976)
 
1975 Shades of Greene (TV series)
– The Destructors (1975)
 
1974 Haunted: Poor Girl (TV movie)
 
1974 Stardust
 
1974 Childhood (TV series)
– A Great Day for Bonzo (1974)
 
1973 Black and Blue (TV series)
– High Kampf (1973)
 
1973 High Kampf (TV movie)
 
1972 Buggins' Ermine (TV movie)
 
1968-1972 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
– Buggins' Ermine (1972)
– The Mosedale Horseshoe (1971)
– The Day They Buried Cleaver (1970)
– The Style of the Countess (1970)
– Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It (1970)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1971-1972 Follyfoot (TV series)
– Poor Bald Head (1972)
– Moonstone (1971)
 
1972 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
– Said the Preacher (1972)
 
1972 Joy (TV movie)
 
1971-1972 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
– Another Sunday and Sweet F.A (1972)
– Big Soft Nellie (1971)
 
1972 The Triple Echo
 
1970 7 Plus Seven (TV documentary)
 
1970 The Lovers (TV series)
– The Truth Game (1970)
– A Pipe and a Moustache (1970)
– Brainwashing (1970)
– Freckle Face (1970)
– The Date (1970)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1969 Parkin's Patch (TV series)
– Everybody Knew But Me (1969)
– The Birmingham Con (1969)
– The Way Home (1969)
– The Good Listener (1969)
– Bonus (1969)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1969 Big Breadwinner Hog (TV series)
– Hogarth Cannot Rest on His Laurels (1969)
– Hogarth Accepts Responsibility (1969)
 
1967-1968 City 68' (TV series)
– It's Dearer After Midnight (1968)
– A Question of Priorities (1968)
– Who Pays? (1968)
– Son of the City (1967)
– The Shooting War (1967)
 
1967 Escape (TV series)
– A Bad Risk (1967)
 
1967 Haunted (TV series)
 
1966-1967 Coronation Street (TV series)
– Episode #1.669 (1967)
– Episode #1.668 (1967)
– Episode #1.661 (1967)
– Episode #1.660 (1967)
– Episode #1.649 (1967)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1963 World in Action (TV series documentary)
 
Show ShowProducer (21 titles)
2012 56 Up (TV documentary) (producer)
 
2007 P.O.V. (TV series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
– 49 Up (2007) (producer)
 
2006 21 Up America (documentary) (executive producer)
 
2005 Rome (TV series) (consulting producer - 12 episodes)
– Kalends of February (2005) (consulting producer)
– The Spoils (2005) (consulting producer)
– Triumph (2005) (consulting producer)
– Utica (2005) (consulting producer)
– Caesarion (2005) (consulting producer)
See all 12 episodes »
 
2005 49 Up (TV documentary) (producer)
 
2000 It's a Shame About Ray (short) (executive producer)
 
1998 42: Forty Two Up (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1998 14 Up in America (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1997 Inspirations (documentary) (producer)
 
1992 Dracula (executive producer)
 
1992 Crossroads (TV series) (executive producer)
 
1992 Intruders (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1992 Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1991 35 Up (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1991 Age 7 in the USSR (TV documentary) (consulting producer)
 
1991 Age 7 in America (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1990 Criminal Justice (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1984 28 Up (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1984 The River Rat (executive producer)
 
1977 21 (TV documentary) (producer)
 
1970 7 Plus Seven (TV documentary) (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (5 titles)
2012 56 Up (TV documentary) (researcher: 7 Up)
 
2007 P.O.V. (TV series documentary) (researcher - 1 episode)
– 49 Up (2007) (researcher)
 
2005 Born in the USSR: 21 Up (TV documentary) (consulting executive)
 
2005 49 Up (TV documentary) (researcher: 7 Up)
 
1964 Seven Up! (TV documentary short) (researcher)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1991 35 Up (TV documentary) (uncredited)
 
1985 Bring on the Night (documentary)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1985 Spies Like Us
Ace Tomato Agent
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1994 Hoop Dreams (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (42 titles)
2013 CinemAbility (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2013 The World in Action Years (TV documentary)
Himself - Former WIA Producer
 
2013 CBS News Sunday Morning (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 6 January 2013 (2013) … Himself - Guest
 
2013 Bond's Greatest Moments (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 56 Up (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator/Interviewer (voice)
 
2012 Click Online (TV series documentary)
Himself - Director, The World Is Not Enough
– Episode dated 21 January 2012 (2012) … Himself - Director, The World Is Not Enough
 
2010 John Belushi: Dancing on the Edge
Himself
 
2010 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself - Director, Continental Divide
– John Belushi (2010) … Himself - Director, Continental Divide
 
2008 Treasures of the Academy: Guardians of History (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (TV series documentary)
Quote Reader
– Forward Into the Past (2007) … Quote Reader (voice)
 
2007 How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2007 BBC Look North (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 March 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 February 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2006 Married in America 2 (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2006 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The 50 Greatest Documentaries (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 49 Up (TV documentary)
Narrator/Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
 
2005 This Morning (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 ITV 50 Greatest Shows (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Jennifer Lopez (2004) … Himself
 
2003 More Than Enough (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2002 James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Best Ever Bond (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 James Bond Down River (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 And the Word Was Bond (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Exclusive (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Episode dated 21 November 1999 (1999) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1999 The Bond Cocktail (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 MADtv (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.9 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Comme au cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 November 1999 (1999) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 October 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 The James Bond Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Making of 'The World Is Not Enough' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 42: Forty Two Up (TV documentary)
Narrator/Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1997 A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 35 Up (TV documentary)
Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1988 The Media Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.7 (1988) … Himself
 
1984 28 Up (TV documentary)
Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
 
1983 The Making of 'Gorky Park' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 Clapper Board (TV series)
Himself
– Coal Miner's Daughter (1981) … Himself
 
1977 21 (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1970 7 Plus Seven (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2011 Hollywood's Best Film Directors (TV series)
 
2009 Cleanflix (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 España, plató de cine (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace -- Spanning four decades, this authorized and definitive anthology of The Who relives their journey from humble beginnings to their meteoric rise to rock legend status in a 3-film DVD set. 56 Up -- Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years. Chasing Mavericks -- When 15-year-old Jay Moriarty discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, is not only real, but exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1986) Music video: Directed video for Sting, "I Burn For You" See more »

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Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Personal Quote:

I've never much been interested in doing films that no one gets to see. See more »

Trivia:

Elected as the new President of the Director's Guild of America. He replaces Martha Coolidge and has been a DGA member since 1978. [29 June 2003] See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius