Michael Apted, Director of ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ and ‘Up’ Series of Documentaries, Dies at 79

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Michael Apted, Director of ‘Up’ Series of Documentaries, Dies at 79

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” series of documentaries, as well as “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “Gorillas in the Mist” , “Nell” , James Bond film “The World Is Not Enough” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” , has died, his agency Gersh confirmed. He was 79.

From the International Documentary Association he won a 1985 IDA Award for “28 Up.” “56 Up,” produced in 2012, won a Peabody Award “for its creator’s patience and its subjects’ humanity.” The latest installment, “63 Up,” was broadcast on British television in June 2019. His next film, the opposites-attract romantic comedy “Continental Divide,” was not an enormous popular success but has its fans among critics and ordinary moviegoers alike. Apted coaxed a gentle, vulnerable side out of John Belushi, who plays a hard-headed Chicago journalist who rustles the feathers of some bad men in town and takes his editor’s advice to skedaddle for a while; in the Rockies he encounters an eccentric eagle expert played by Blair Brown.

In 1990’s “Class Action,” Apted spurred Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio to better-than-expected performances as father and daughter on opposite sides of a class action suit filed against an auto company by the maimed survivors of crashes in which the cars exploded on impact. In 1994 Apted made the thriller “Blink,” centering on a beautiful violinist who’s recently received corneal transplants enabling her to see, but her vision is not quite to be trusted yet, so she may have witnessed a serial killer and is thus endangered; a policeman seeks to protect her and find the culprit and inevitably falls in love with her.

In 2005 Apted directed three episodes of HBO series “Rome,” winning a DGA Award for outstanding directorial achievement in dramatic series — night in 2006.

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I remember watching his movies in film school. He was a talented man...

Please carry on in with the 7 up series. Let it be his legacy!

Also of the best Brosnan Bond movie. RIP

I had the privilege of being an extra in 'Nell' Watching him work close hand was mesmerizing.

We’ll miss you Michael - thank you for your leadership in the DGA and your great body of work - the UP project may be the greatest documentary series ever!

Up was one of the most riveting series of documentaries ever made. To see what happened to real people was absolutely gripping. Thankyou to them.

Oh no. RIPMichaelApted 😿

The 'Up' film series is the greatest documentary series ever. Profound, beautiful, intensely human, always moving. I feel like I know those people (who are about my age) & have looked forward to checking in with them every 7 years.

marinamaral2 Sad to hear

RIPMichaelApted director

WahDeb Thunderheart. ❤️

A lovely man. Very sad news. RIP

Michael Apted R.I.P. 😢🙏

Big fan of his non-fiction films too. Coal Miner’s Daughter, Gorillas in the Mist, Gorky Park, Thinderheart. I really liked a couple of his lesser known ones - Extreme Measures and Class Action (a wonderful showcase for Gene Hackman). A celebrated filmmaker that will be missed.

Rip brother, may you rest now

Another 007 member gone after tanya

NotebookMUBI Feels bad we'll never get 70 Up...

NotebookMUBI NOOO... 😭

RIP

Terrific talent-loved the Up series.

poisonedpen RIP. He was a true talent

Oh no...

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A wonderful talent. May he RIP.

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Sad news. He was an extraordinary filmmaker.

What a gent and a gem.

was just watching the excellent hbo series Rome where he directed some of the episodes! Rip

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Rest in piece sir.

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