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Michael Apted

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.

Highest rated movies

90% Hillbilly

Photos

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. GORILLAS IN THE MIST, director Michael Apted, 1988, ©Universal THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, from left: director Michael Apted, Georgie Henley, on set, 2010. Ph: Phil Bray/TM & ©Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved 56 UP, (aka FIFTY-SIX UP), director Michael Apted, on set, 2012. ©First Run Features THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, Sophie Marceau, Pierce Brosnan, Director Michael Apted, 1999. EXTREME MEASURES, director Michael Apted (right), 1996, ©Columbia Pictures EXTREME MEASURES, Hugh Grant, 1996. NELL, director Michael Apted, on set, 1994. TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, director Michael Apted, on set, 1999. ©MGM THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, Pierce Brosnan, Director Michael Apted, 1999. CLASS ACTION, Jonathan Silverman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, director Michael Apted, Katy McDaniel, 1991, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
98% 95% 63 Up Director $299.7K 2019
90% 56% Hillbilly Unknown (Character) - 2018
26% 45% Unlocked Director - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bending the Light Unknown (Voice),
Director,
Executive Producer 		- 2014
99% 76% 56 Up Narrator,
Director,
Producer 		$701.3K 2012
33% 70% Chasing Mavericks Director $6.0M 2012
50% 58% The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Director $104.4M 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chronicles Of Narnia 3. Director - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Power of the Game Director - 2007
68% 85% Amazing Grace Director $21.2M 2006
97% 87% 49 Up Director - 2005
22% 67% Enough Director $39.2M 2002
72% 54% Enigma Director $4.3M 2001
90% 100% Me & Isaac Newton Director $32.3K 1999
51% 49% The World Is Not Enough Director $126.9M 1999
No Score Yet 81% Always Outnumbered Director - 1998
89% 94% 42 Up Director,
Producer 		- 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inspirations Director - 1997
56% 41% Extreme Measures Director $17.4M 1996
67% 51% Blink Director $16.7M 1994
57% 64% Nell Director $31.7M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moving the Mountain Director - 1994
90% 75% Thunderheart Director $20.1M 1992
74% 79% Bram Stoker's Dracula Executive Producer $82.0M 1992
100% 84% Incident at Oglala Director $19.1K 1992
77% 51% Class Action Director $23.9M 1991
94% 91% 35 Up Director - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Criminal Justice Executive Producer - 1990
84% 75% Gorillas in the Mist Director $22.6M 1988
No Score Yet 35% Critical Condition Director $20.1M 1987
No Score Yet 79% Bring on the Night Director $1.9M 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet 28 Up Director - 1985
100% 92% 28 Up Director - 1985
36% 53% Firstborn Director - 1984
78% 59% Gorky Park Director - 1983
No Score Yet 80% Kipperbang Director - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet P'Tang, Yang, Kipperbang Director - 1982
73% 54% Continental Divide Director - 1981
86% 86% Coal Miner's Daughter Director - 1980
71% 58% Agatha Director - 1979
No Score Yet 62% The Squeeze Director - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stronger Than the Sun Director - 1977
No Score Yet 91% 21 Up Director - 1977
No Score Yet 47% Stardust Director - 1974
60% 71% The Triple Echo Director - 1973
No Score Yet 87% 7 Plus Seven Director - 1970

TV

Credit
84% 85% Masters of Sex Director 2013-2016
38% 87% Reckless Director 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet What About Brian Director 2006