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From 7 Plus Seven until 63 Up the films were directed by Michael Apted, who had been a researcher on Seven Up! and was involved in finding the original children, with Gordon McDougall. [ citation needed ] The premise of the film was taken from the Jesuit motto "Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man".
Jan 9, 2021 · Film director Michael Apted died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles, according to his agent, Roy Ashton. No details of his death were given. At 79, Apted left behind a body of work ranging...
- Neda Ulaby
Jan 8, 2021 · 8 January 2021. Getty Images. Film director Michael Apted, best known for the Up series of TV documentaries following the lives of 14 people every seven years, has died aged 79. He also...
Jan 8, 2021 · Jan. 8, 2021 1:41 PM PT. British director Michael Apted, whose varied career ranged from dramas like “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and “Gorillas in the Mist” to the landmark “Up” documentary...
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Every seven years or so for more than half a century, the filmmaker Michael Apted returned to what he referred to as his life’s work: documenting the same ordinary people he’d known since...
Michael David Apted CMG (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.
Jan 8, 2021 · Michael Apted, a versatile director whose films were as varied as the James Bond picture “The World Is Not Enough” and the biographical dramas “Gorillas in the Mist” and “Coal Miner’s...
