FILM DIRECTOR

Michael Apted

1941 - 2021

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Michael David Apted (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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Apted is the 506th most popular film director, the 1,851st most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 32nd most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Apted ranks 506 out of 2,041. Before him are Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Ernst Marischka, Gleb Panfilov, Vicente Aranda, Marcel Camus, and Henry Koster. After him are John Milius, Alessandro Blasetti, Lee Chang-dong, Richard Boleslawski, Ted Kotcheff, and Sam Wood.

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Among people born in 1941, Michael Apted ranks 199. Before him are Salvador Sadurní, Hagen Kleinert, Jesse Jackson, Dana Ivey, Francisco Jara, and Dag Solstad. After him are Boris Vallejo, Kim Hye-ja, Ivanka Khristova, Carla Gravina, Esther Ofarim, and Harald Nielsen. Among people deceased in 2021, Michael Apted ranks 172. Before him are Jozef Vengloš, Bob Dole, Andrey Myagkov, Yuan Longping, János Kornai, and DMX. After him are Pilar Bardem, Volodymyr Holubnychy, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Tomoyasu Asaoka, Donald Arnold, and Jorge Medina.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Apted ranks 1,851 out of 8,785. Before him are Christine Keeler (1942), Rick Wakeman (1949), William Boyce (1711), George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827), Louis Harold Gray (1905), and Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831). After him are Barbara West (1911), Susannah York (1939), John A. Hobson (1858), Eunice Gayson (1928), Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), and Horatio Gates (1727).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Michael Apted ranks 32. Before him are John Guillermin (1925), Michael Anderson (1920), David Yates (1963), Ken Russell (1927), Derek Jarman (1942), and John Badham (1939). After him are Mike Leigh (1943), Peter Yates (1929), Ken Annakin (1914), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Hugh Hudson (1936), and George Albert Smith (1864).

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