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Michael Apted

Director

Michael Apted

Directing
1977 — 2017 · 21 films
Lived
10 February 1941 — d. 2021
From
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Michael David Apted CMG (10 February 1941 – 7 January 2021) was an English television and film director and producer.

Career Signature

How Michael Apted’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

crowd-pleaser
bittersweet
heavy emotional
kinetic urgency
anxious dread

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

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Filmography

Unlocked

2017

Chasing Mavericks

2012

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

2010

Amazing Grace

2006

Enough

2002

Enigma

2001

The World Is Not Enough

1999

Extreme Measures

1996

Nell

1994

Blink

1993

Thunderheart

1992

Class Action

1991

Gorillas in the Mist

1988

Critical Condition

1987

Firstborn

1984

Gorky Park

1983

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

1982

Continental Divide

1981

Coal Miner's Daughter

1980

Agatha

1979

The Squeeze

1977