Michael Apted, 'Coal Miner's Daughter' Director and 'Seven Up' Documentarian, Dies at 79

Apted served three terms as DGA president from 2003-09 — the longest consecutive presidential service since George Sidney in the 1960s — and received the guild's Robert B. Aldrich Award in 2013 and its Honorary Life Member honor five years later.

"His legacy will be forever woven into the fabric of cinema and our guild," DGA president Thomas Schlamme said in a statement."A fearless visionary as a director and unparalleled guild leader, Michael saw the trajectory of things when others didn't, and we were all the beneficiaries of his wisdom and lifelong dedication."

Added DGA past president Taylor Hackford:"Michael Apted was the definition of 'mensch' — like the wonderful director he was, you could always count on him to deliver a clear and well thought out point-of-view, usually leavened with a dollop of dry wit."A lifelong rock 'n' roll fan, Apted directed, which starred real-life rocker British singer-songwriter David Essex and delved into the underbelly of the music world.

He made a film about The Rolling Stones' Forty Licks tour in 2002 that, following a disagreement with Mick Jagger, was never released, and his 1997 docfocused on David Bowie and six other artists: painter Roy Lichtenstein, sculptor Nora Naranjo Morse, architect Tadao Ando, glass blower Dale Chihuly, choreographer Édouard Lock and dancer Louise LeCavalier.

In his first job after graduating from Cambridge University, the class-conscious Apted was working as a trainee at Granada Television in 1964 when he was tasked with finding some of the 14 children who would be interviewed for a 40-minute ITV documentary calledPaul Almond, the director on the project,"was more interested in making a beautiful film about being seven, whereas I wanted to make a nasty piece of work about these kids who have it all and these other kids who have nothing,"...

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TheTweetOfGod can you put a moratorium on death for now 🙏

very sad news. absolutely love the Up series.

He also made 'the world is not enough'. Very sad news to hear

DavidPoland I’m one of like 10 people that enjoyed watching Nell. RIP.

Oh no 😢

Sad 😞 RIP 🙏🏼

Those “Seven-Up” documentaries are amazing. RIP Michael Apted

Damn.

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Rome is maybe my favorite TV series. RIP.

another great loss unbelieveable

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