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Michael Apted

Highest Rated: 100% 28 Up (1985)

Lowest Rated: 22% Enough (2002)

Birthday: Feb 10, 1941

Birthplace: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Having displayed a fondness for both documentaries and feature films, versatile director Michael Apted struck a creative balance between both worlds that was matched by very few of his contemporaries. After establishing himself in his native England with the documentary series "7 Up," as well as numerous episodes of various television shows, Apted journeyed to America, where he garnered instant credibility with "Coal Miner's Daughter" (1980), widely considered to be one of the best musical biopics ever made. He achieved further box office success with the crime thriller "Gorky Park" (1983). Apted directed Sigourney Weaver as Dian Fossey in "Gorillas in the Mist" (1988), which he followed with the compelling courtroom drama "Class Action" (1991). While continuing the "7 Up" documentaries throughout the decades, the director continued to work in the feature world as well, and took the reins of the James Bond franchise with "The World Is Not Enough" (1999). He found further success in directing episodic television - particularly on the acclaimed HBO series "Rome" (2005-07), and could take pride in a long and venerable career.

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100% 92% 28 Up
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100% 84% Incident at Oglala
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97% 87% 49 Up
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94% 91% 35 Up
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91% 56% Hillbilly
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90% 75% Thunderheart
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90% 100% Me & Isaac Newton
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89% 94% 42 Up
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Michael Apted

Michael Apted Steven Soderbergh, Michael Apted in the press room for The 65th Annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award - Press Room, Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland, Los Angeles, CA February 2, 2013. Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection Michael Apted at arrivals for CHASING MAVERICKS Premiere, Pacific''s The Grove Stadium 14, Los Angeles, CA October 18, 2012. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection AMAZING GRACE, director Michael Apted, on set, 2007. ©Samuel Goldwyn COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER, director Michael Apted, 1980, ©Universal CLASS ACTION, Director Michael Apted, 1991, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, director Michael Apted, 1981, ©Universal GORKY PARK, producer Howard W. Koch, Jr., director Michael Apted, 1983, ©Orion Pictures. NELL, Jodie Foster, Michael Apted, 1994, umbrella EXTREME MEASURES, Hugh Grant, Michael Apted, on-set, 1996. View more photos

Filmography

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63 Up 98% 95% 2019 Director Hillbilly 91% 56% 2018 Actor Unlocked 26% 45% 2017 Director Bending the Light 2014 Voice, Director, Executive Producer 56 Up 98% 76% 2012 Narrator, Director, Producer Chasing Mavericks 32% 70% 2012 Director The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 49% 58% 2010 Director The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 2010 Director The Chronicles Of Narnia 3. 2010 Director The Power of the Game 2007 Director Amazing Grace 68% 85% 2006 Director 49 Up 97% 87% 2005 Director Enough 22% 67% 2002 Director Enigma 71% 54% 2001 Director Me & Isaac Newton 90% 100% 1999 Director The World Is Not Enough 51% 49% 1999 Director Always Outnumbered 81% 1998 Director 42 Up 89% 94% 1998 Director, Producer Inspirations 1997 Director Extreme Measures 56% 41% 1996 Director Blink 65% 51% 1994 Director Nell 57% 64% 1994 Director Moving the Mountain 1994 Director Thunderheart 90% 75% 1992 Director Bram Stoker's Dracula 69% 79% 1992 Executive Producer
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