Michael Apted
British television and film director and producer (1941–2021)
2.09body-of-work score · ranked #504 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 10, 1941 · Aylesbury
- Died
- January 7, 2021 · Los Angeles
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Work
- film director, television director, trade unionist, screenwriter
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1980 · United States · biography, musical, drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1980 · Siskel's annual top 10 1980 #3 · National Film Registry (inducted 2019)
1.406 citations - 2
2005 · United Kingdom · documentary
Sarris's annual top 10 2006 #2 · Film Comment year-end poll 2006 #37
0.512 citations - 30.181 citation
Complete filmography
All 41 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 19707 Plus Seven
- 1972The Triple Echo
- 1974Stardust
- 1976The Collection
- 197721 Up
- 1977The Squeeze
- 1979Agatha
- 1980Coal Miner's Daughter
- 1981Continental Divide
- 1982P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
- 1983Gorky Park
- 198428 Up
- 1984Firstborn
- 1985Bring on the Night
- 1987Critical Condition
- 1988Gorillas in the Mist
- 199135 Up
- 1991Class Action
- 1992Incident at Oglala
- 1992Thunderheart
- 1994Blink
- 1994Moving the Mountain
- 1994Nell
- 1996Extreme Measures
- 1997Inspirations
- 199842 Up
- 1998Always Outnumbered
- 1999Me & Isaac Newton
- 1999The World Is Not Enough
- 2001Enigma
- 2002Enough
- 200549 Up
- 2006Amazing Grace
- 2006The Fifa 2006 World Cup Film: The Grand Finale
- 2007The Power of the Game
- 2010The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- 201256 Up
- 2012Chasing Mavericks
- 2017Unlocked
- 201963 Up
- —Kisses at Fifty