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 426th most popular film director (up from 506th in 2019), the 1,870th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,850th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Apted ranks 426 out of 2,041. Before him are John Guillermin, Christian-Jaque, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Bo Widerberg, Sofia Coppola, and J. Lee Thompson. After him are Mikio Naruse, Richard Boleslawski, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Zack Snyder, and Harold Prince.

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Among people born in 1941, Michael Apted ranks 184. Before him are Fritz Wepper, Infante Alfonso of Spain, Eleni Karaindrou, Andrei Mironov, Denys Arcand, and Emmett Till. After him are Maurice White, Walid Muallem, Esther Ofarim, Salvador Sadurní, Umberto Bossi, and Fionnula Flanagan. Among people deceased in 2021, Michael Apted ranks 161. Before him are Terry Cooper, Willy van der Kuijlen, Ned Beatty, Kurt Westergaard, János Kornai, and Joan Didion. After him are Olympia Dukakis, Charles Grodin, Humberto Maturana, Renée Simonot, Christian Boltanski, and Dusty Hill.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Apted ranks 1,870 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Rackham (1867), Lennox Lewis (1965), Tommy Smith (1945), Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), J. Lee Thompson (1914), and Douglas Mawson (1882). After him are John Rolfe (1585), John Barbirolli (1899), James Gillray (1756), E. P. Thompson (1924), Andrew Lincoln (1973), and Wendy Hiller (1912).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Michael Apted ranks 32. Before him are Robert Stevenson (1905), Anthony Minghella (1954), Tom Hooper (1972), Roland Joffé (1945), John Guillermin (1925), and J. Lee Thompson (1914). After him are Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), John Boorman (1933), Sam Mendes (1965), David Yates (1963), David Byrne (1952), and Michael Anderson (1920).

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