Apted, Michael 1941–

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Apted, Michael 1941–

PERSONAL

Full name, Michael David Apted; born February 10, 1941, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England; son of Ronald William and Frances Amelia (maiden name, Thomas) Apted; married Joan, July 9, 1966 (divorced); married Dana; children: Paul, James. Education: Downing College, Cambridge University, B.A., history, 1963; also attended the City of London School.

Addresses: Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Peters Fraser & Dunlop, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA England.

Career: Director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Granada Television, London, England, researcher, director, and producer during the 1960s; American Film Institute, Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies, Hollywood, CA, cochairperson of directing discipline, 1997; Michael Apted Film Co., founder; director of television commercials. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Documentary Branch), member of the board of governors, 2002–.

Member: Directors Guild of America (president, 2003–).

Awards, Honors: Television Critics Award, best play, 1972, for Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.; Golden Prize nomination, Moscow International Film Festival, 1973, for The Triple Echo; Television Critics Award, best play, and Television Award, best director, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1974, both for "Kisses at Fifty," Play for Today; International Emmy Award, 1976, for The Collection; International Emmy Award nomination, 1976, for 21; Directors Guild of America Award nomination, 1980, for Coal Miner's Daughter; Television Award nomination, best single drama, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1983, for P'tang Yang Kipperbang; International Documentary Association Award, 1985, for 28 Up; Grammy Award (with Sting), best music video—long form, 1987, for Bring on the Night; Golden St. George Award nomination, Moscow International Film Festival, 1991, for Class Action; Flaherty Documentary Award, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1992, for 35 Up; Critics Award nomination, Deauville Film Festival, 1992, for Incident at Oglala; Crystal Globe Award nomination, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 1994, for Blink; Vancouver International Film Festival Award, best documentary feature, 1994, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Forum of New Cinema, Berlin International Film Festival, 1995, both for Moving the Mountain; International Documentary Association Award nomination, feature documentaries, 1998, Flaherty Documentary Award nomination (with Claire Lewis), British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1999, all for 42 Up; Career Award, DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival, 1998; Career Achievement Award, International Documentary Association, 1999; Silver Spire, television drama—television feature, San Francisco International Film Festival, 1999, for Always Outnumbered; Special Jury Award, Florida Film Festival, 2000, for Me & Isaac Newton; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award, for The Lovers; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award, for Folly Foot; Feature Film Prize in Science and Technology, Hamptons International Film Festival, British Independent Film Award nomination, best director 2001, both for Enigma; Directors Guild of America Award (with others), outstanding directorial achievement in dramatic series—night, 2006, for Rome.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Triple Echo (also known as Soldier in Skirts), Hemdale Releasing, 1973.

Stardust, Goodtimes/Anglo, 1974.

The Squeeze, Warner Bros., 1976.

Agatha, Casablanca/First Artists, 1978.

Coal Miner's Daughter, Universal, 1980.

Continental Divide, Universal, 1981.

Kipperbang (also known as P'Tang Yang, Kipperbang), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983.

Gorky Park, Orion, 1983.

28 Up (documentary), First Run Features, 1984.

First Born (also known as Firstborn and Moving In), Paramount, 1984.

Executive producer, The River Rat, Paramount, 1984.

Bring on the Night (also known as Sting: Bring on the Night), Samuel Goldwyn/A&M, 1985.

Critical Condition, Paramount, 1986.

Gorillas in the Mist (also known as Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey and The Adventures of Dian Fossey), Universal, 1988.

Class Action, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991.

35 Up (documentary), Samuel Goldwyn, 1991.

Thunderheart, TriStar, 1992.

Incident at Oglala, Miramax, 1992.

Blink, New Line Cinema, 1994.

Moving the Mountain (documentary), October Films, 1994.

Nell, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994.

Extreme Measures, Warner Bros., 1996.

Inspirations (documentary), Clear Blue Sky Productions, 1997.

Fortune's Fools, Fox 2000, 1998.

The World Is Not Enough (also known as Pressure Point and T.W.I.N.E.), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1999.

Me & Isaac Newton, 1999.

42 Up (also known as 42: Forty Two Up), First Run Features, 1999.

Enigma (also known as Enigma—Das Geheimnis), Miramax, 2001.

Enough, Columbia, 2002.

Lipstick (short), 2002.

Amazing Grace, 2006.

Black Autumn, Fox 2000, 2006.

Film Producer:

28 Up (documentary), First Run Features, 1984.

35 Up (documentary), Samuel Goldwyn, 1991.

Inspirations (documentary), Clear Blue Sky Productions, 1997.

42 Up (also known as 42: Forty Two Up), First Run Features, 1999.

Film Executive Producer:

The River Rat, Paramount, 1984.

(With others) Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (also known as Dracula), Columbia, 1992.

It's a Shame About Ray (short), 2000.

Film Appearances:

Ace Tomato agent, Spies Like Us, Warner Bros., 1985.

Narrator and interviewer, 42 Up (documentary; also known as 42: Forty Two Up), First Run Features, 1999.

Himself, The Making of "The World Is Not Enough" (documentary), 1999.

Himself, More Than Enough (documentary short), Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2003.

Television Work; Series:

Director, Parkin's Patch, Yorkshire TV, 1969–70.

Executive producer, Crossroads (also known as C. C. Riders), ABC, 1992.

Also worked as director and investigative reporter, World in Action, ITV.

Television Work; Miniseries:

Director, Big Breadwinner Hog, Granada TV, 1968–69.

Executive producer, Intruders: They Are Among Us (also known as Intruders), CBS, 1992.

Executive producer, Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (also known as Best Intentions: The Education and Killing of Edmund Perry and Best Intentions), NBC, 1992.

Director and consulting producer, Rome, HBO and BBC2, 2005.

Television Director; Movies:

Seven Up (documentary), 1964.

Number 10, Granada TV, 1968.

Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar, Granada TV, 1968.

In a Cottage Hospital, Granada TV, 1969.

Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It, Granada TV, 1970.

Slattery's Mounted Foot, London Weekend TV/Kestrel Films, 1970.

The Day They Buried Cleaver, Granada TV, 1970.

Seven Plus Seven (documentary; also known as 7 Plus Seven), 1970.

Big Soft Nellie, Granada TV, 1971.

The Mosedale Horseshoe, Granada TV, 1971.

One Thousand Pounds for Rosebud, Granada TV, 1971.

Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. (also known as ITV Sunday-Night Theatre: Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.), Granada TV, 1972.

Joy, BBC, 1972.

Said the Preacher, BBC, 1972.

The Style of the Countess, Granada TV, 1972.

High Kampf (also known as Black and Blue: High Kampf), BBC, 1973.

Jack Point, BBC, 1973.

Poor Girl, Granada TV, 1974.

"A Great Day for Bonzo," Childhood, Granada TV, 1974, PBS, 1977.

Wednesday Love, BBC, 1975.

21 (documentary; also known as 21 Up), Granada TV, 1976.

The Collection (also known as Laurence Olivier Presents: The Collection), Granada TV, 1976.

P'tang Yang Kipperbang (also known as Kipperbang), Channel 4, 1984.

The Long Way Home, Yerosha Productions/Granada TV/CBS Music Video, 1989.

Always Outnumbered (also known as Socrates and Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned), HBO, 1998.

49 Up (documentary), ITV, 2005.

Also directed Highway Robbery and Age 7 in the USSR (documentary).

Television Work; Movies:

(Uncredited) Researcher, Seven Up (documentary), 1964.

Producer, Seven Plus Seven (documentary; also known as 7 Plus Seven), 1970.

Executive producer, Criminal Justice, HBO, 1990.

Producer, Age 7 in America (documentary; also known as 7 Up in America), CBS, 1992.

Executive producer, Strapped, HBO, 1993.

Producer, 49 Up (documentary), ITV, 2005.

Television Director; Pilots:

The Dustbinmen, ITV, 1969.

My Life and Times, ABC, 1991.

Crossroads (also known as C. C. Riders), ABC, 1992.

New York News, CBS, 1995.

Marriage, HBO, 2004.

Television Work; Specials:

Director, Murder: A Professional Job, Granada, 1968.

Director, There's a Hole in Your Dustbin Delilah, Granada, 1968.

Director, Buggins' Ermine, Granada TV, 1972.

Director, Haunted: Poor Girl, 1986.

Executive producer, 14 Up in America, Showtime, 1998.

Consulting executive, Born in the USSR: 14 Up, PBS, 1999.

Director, Nathan Dixon, CBS, 1999.

Advisor, Being Mick (documentary), ABC, 2001.

Director and producer, Married in America (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

Television Director; Episodic:

"The Shooting War," City '68, Granada TV, 1967.

"There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah," Playhouse, Granada TV, 1968.

The Lovers, Granada TV, 1970.

"The Reporters," Play for Today, BBC, 1972.

"Kisses at Fifty," Play for Today, BBC, 1973.

"Stronger Than the Sun," Play for Today, BBC, 1977.

Blind Justice, ABC, 2004.

Also directed Coronation Street (also known as Corrie), ITV and CBC; Thirty-Minute Theatre, BBC; Haunted; Big Breadwinner Hog, ITV; Folly Foot, ITV; Black and Blue, BBC; My Life and Times, ABC; Crossroads, Arts and Entertainment; New York News, CBS.