Michael Apted

Michael Apted (Born February 10, 1941 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom) is a British director, producer, writer and actor.

Apted studied law and history at Cambridge University. He began his career in television, working as a researcher for Granada Television, eventually becoming a director for the station. During his time at Granada, he directed a number of episodes of Coronation Street.

For his work in television, Apted has won several British Academy Awards, including one for Best Dramatic Director.

He went to the United States in 1980, and there directed his first feature film, Coal Miner's Daughter, which got seven Academy Award nominations. Along with feature films, Apted has also directed a number of documentaries.

On June 29, 2003 he was elected President of the Director's Guild of America.

External links

Resum� at PFD (http://www.pfd.co.uk/scripts/get.py/filmandtv/?ftdirectors%20Michael%20Apted)
Michael Apted at IMDB.com (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000776/)

Retrieved from "http://www.mywiseowl.com/articles/Michael_Apted"

This page has been accessed 152 times. This page was last modified 23:19, 7 Oct 2004. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (see Copyrights for details).