Michael Apted

50 films directed 3 Awards

Biography

Michael David Apted CMG (10 February 1941 – 7 January 2021) was an English television and film director and producer.

Apted began working in television and directed the Up documentary series from 1970 to 2019. He later directed Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), which was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. His subsequent work included Gorillas in the Mist (1988), Nell (1994), the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999), and Enigma (2001). His film Amazing Grace (2006) premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival that year.

On 29 June 2003, he was elected president of the Directors Guild of America, a position he served until 2009. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.

Most directed genres

Recurring actors

Awards and nominations

1987 Grammy Award for Best New New Jack Swing Artist
— Directors Guild of America Award
— Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

The career in numbers

US$ 472 mi Total budget from 12 film(s) with data
US$ 1.1 bi Total box office from 17 film(s) with data
US$ 39 mi Average budget from 12 film(s) with data
US$ 67 mi Average box office from 17 film(s) with data
6.7 Average rating from 26 film(s) with data
2.4× Return on investment from 9 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
63 Up	2019	—	US$ 483,684	7.3
Unlocked	2017	—	—	6.3
Chasing Mavericks	2012	—	US$ 8 mi	7.0
56 Up	2012	—	—	7.2
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	2010	US$ 155 mi	US$ 416 mi	6.4
Amazing Grace	2006	—	US$ 32 mi	6.9
49 Up	2006	—	US$ 238,073	7.4
The Grand Finale	2006	—	—	5.7
Enough	2002	US$ 38 mi	US$ 52 mi	6.6
Enigma	2001	—	US$ 16 mi	6.3
The World Is Not Enough	1999	US$ 135 mi	US$ 362 mi	6.3
42 Up	1999	—	US$ 300,880	7.6
Always Outnumbered	1998	—	—	6.4
Extreme Measures	1996	US$ 38 mi	US$ 17 mi	6.0
Nell	1994	US$ 31 mi	US$ 107 mi	6.5
Blink	1993	US$ 11 mi	US$ 17 mi	6.1
Thunderheart	1992	—	—	6.3
Incident at Oglala	1992	—	—	7.2
Class Action	1991	—	—	6.3
35 Up	1991	—	—	7.6
The Long Way Home	1989	—	—	6.0
Gorillas in the Mist	1988	US$ 22 mi	—	7.0
Critical Condition	1987	US$ 14 mi	—	5.5
Sting - Bring on the Night	1985	—	—	7.1
28 Up	1984	—	—	7.5
Firstborn	1984	US$ 8 mi	US$ 6 mi	6.2
Gorky Park	1983	—	US$ 16 mi	6.3
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang	1982	—	—	6.8
Continental Divide	1981	—	US$ 16 mi	6.1
Coal Miner's Daughter	1980	US$ 15 mi	US$ 67 mi	7.2
Agatha	1979	US$ 4 mi	US$ 8 mi	6.1
Stronger Than the Sun	1978	—	—	—
21 Up	1977	—	—	7.4
The Squeeze	1977	US$ 1 mi	—	5.5
The Collection	1976	—	—	4.4
The Paradise Run	1976	—	—	—
Wednesday Love	1975	—	—	—
Stardust	1974	—	—	5.5
Haunted: Poor Girl	1974	—	—	7.5
Kisses at Fifty	1973	—	—	5.0
Jack Point	1973	—	—	8.0
Highway Robbery	1973	—	—	—
The Triple Echo	1972	—	—	5.8
The Reporters	1972	—	—	9.0
The Mosedale Horseshoe	1971	—	—	—
7 Plus Seven	1970	—	—	7.3
The Day They Buried Cleaver	1970	—	—	—
Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar	1968	—	—	5.0
Number Ten	1968	—	—	7.0
Who Pays?	1968	—	—	—

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