1941 - 2021
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 (1964–2019). He later directed Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), which was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Apted has received more than 1,191,898 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Michael Apted is the 376th most popular film director (up from 525th in 2019), the 1,483rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,986th in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Film Director.
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Among film directors, Michael Apted ranks 376 out of 1,581. Before him are Adolph Zukor, Irvin Kershner, Alexander Korda, Luigi Comencini, Gene Deitch, and Bo Widerberg. After him are Georgiy Daneliya, Veit Harlan, Adrian Lyne, Sofia Coppola, Robert Benton, and Emilio Fernández.
1873 - 1976
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 370
1923 - 2010
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 371
1893 - 1956
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 372
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 373
1924 - 2020
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 374
1930 - 1997
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 375
1941 - 2021
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 376
1930 - 2019
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 377
1899 - 1964
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 378
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 379
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 380
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 381
1904 - 1986
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 382
Among people born in 1941, Michael Apted ranks 145. Before him are Maurice White, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Akiko Wakabayashi, Harry Nilsson, Otto Sander, and Tom Fogerty. After him are Adrian Lyne, Nora Ephron, Infante Alfonso of Spain, Alexander Gauland, Percy Sledge, and Peter Coyote. Among people deceased in 2021, Michael Apted ranks 173. Before him are Wilfried Van Moer, Tarcisio Burgnich, Laila Halme, Đorđe Balašević, Poul Schlüter, and Hugo Maradona. After him are Bronius Kutavičius, Pilar Bardem, Vladimir Menshov, Charles Grodin, Robert Downey Sr., and Hank Aaron.
1941 - 2016
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 139
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 140
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 141
1941 - 1994
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 142
1941 - 2013
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 143
1941 - 1990
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 144
1941 - 2021
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 145
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 146
1941 - 2012
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 147
1941 - 1956
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 148
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 149
1941 - 2015
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 150
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 151
1945 - 2021
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 167
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 168
1934 - 2021
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 169
1953 - 2021
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 170
1929 - 2021
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 171
1969 - 2021
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 172
1941 - 2021
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 173
1932 - 2021
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 174
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 175
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 176
1935 - 2021
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 177
1936 - 2021
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 178
1934 - 2021
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 179
Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Apted ranks 1,483 out of 7,765. Before him are Andrew Lincoln (1973), Thomas Hill Green (1836), John Lindley (1799), Martin Freeman (1971), Robert Wyatt (1945), and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944). After him are Reginald Lee (1870), Adrian Lyne (1941), Jared Harris (1961), Emma Darwin (1808), Charles Macintosh (1766), and Robert Filmer (1588).
1973 - Present
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 1,477
1836 - 1882
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,478
1799 - 1865
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,479
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,480
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 1,481
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 1,482
1941 - 2021
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 1,483
1870 - 1913
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 1,484
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 1,485
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 1,486
1808 - 1896
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 1,487
1766 - 1843
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 1,488
1588 - 1653
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,489
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Michael Apted ranks 26. Before him are Sam Mendes (1965), John Boorman (1933), Ken Russell (1927), John Guillermin (1925), Derek Jarman (1942), and Anthony Minghella (1954). After him are Adrian Lyne (1941), Michael Anderson (1920), David Yates (1963), Mike Leigh (1943), J. Lee Thompson (1914), and Paul W. S. Anderson (1965).
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 20
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 21
1927 - 2011
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 22
1925 - 2015
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 23
1942 - 1994
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 24
1954 - 2008
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 25
1941 - 2021
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 26
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 27
1920 - 2018
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 28
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 29
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 30
1914 - 2002
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 31
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 32