Michael Apted CMG (10 February 1941 – 8 January 2021) was a prolific English director and producer of films, television and documentaries.
Best known for his Up documentary series (he directed all instalments except for the first), he directed a wide variety of films over the course of his career, from Biopics, documentaries and dramas, to thrillers, big-budget fantasy films and a James Bond film.
Works with pages on TV Tropes:
Film
- Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
- Continental Divide (1981)
- Gorky Park (1983)
- Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
- Thunderheart (1992)
- Blink (1993)
- Nell (1994)
- Extreme Measures (1996)
- The World Is Not Enough (1999)
- Enigma (2001)
- Enough (2002)
- Amazing Grace (2006)
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
- Chasing Mavericks (2012) (co-directed with Curtis Hanson)
Television
- Up (1964-)
- Coronation Street (8 episodes, 1966-1967)
- Rome (2005-2007)
- Masters of Sex (2013-2016)