Michael Apted
- Born: 10 Feb, 1941
Versatile director Michael Apted's fondness for both documentaries and dramas has provided him with a balance and perspective matched by few of his contemporaries. Beginning his career with England's Granada Television first as a researcher, then director, notably of the long-running soap "Coronation Street", he branched into features at the helm of "Triple Echo" (1973), an off-beat wartime romance in which Oliver Reed falls for an AWOL soldier disguised as a woman. Apted displayed his enthusiasm for the music scene with his follow-up, "Stardust" (1974), chronicling the rise and fall of a Beatles-like pop group, and continued to show his eclectic tastes, as well as a talent for action sequences, with the gritty British crime thriller "The Squeeze" (1...
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FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- father Ronald William Apted:
- mother Frances Amelia Apted:
- son James Apted: worked as second assistant camera (second unit) on "Pleasantville" (1998), among other films
- son Paul Apted: after working as an assistant on father's projects, graduated to sound effects editor on movies like "Alien Resurrection" (1997), "The X-Files" and "Dr. Dolittle" (both 1998)
- son : born c. 1999
- wife Joan Apted: married on July 9, 1966; has production company, Promenade Films; divorced
- wife Dana Apted:
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