Michael Apted

Career Overview

Michael Apted has 106 screen credits in a career dating back to 1964. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently The Up Collection with 9 titles. Signature works include The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The World Is Not Enough, Enough. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 106
Birth Date: 1941-02-10
Birth Place: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

The Up Collection (9 titles)
The Up In America Collection (1 titles)
The Chronicles of Narnia (1 titles)
James Bond (1 titles)
Jim MacLaine (David Essex) Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Liam Neeson (2 collaborations)
Dana Stevens (2 collaborations)
Georgie Henley (1 collaborations)
Skandar Keynes (1 collaborations)
Ben Barnes (1 collaborations)
Will Poulter (1 collaborations)
Anna Popplewell (1 collaborations)
Tilda Swinton (1 collaborations)
William Moseley (1 collaborations)
Simon Pegg (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (20 credits)
- Sophie Marceau, à voix haute
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Belushi
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- 63 Up
  Self - Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- 7 Up & Me
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Hillbilly
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
  Self - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Bending the Light
  Himself (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- 56 Up
  Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- 49 Up
  Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Best Ever Bond
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- James Bond Down River
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- 42 Up
  Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- 35 Up
  Interviewer/Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1991
- Spies Like Us
  Ace Tomato Agent
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- 28 Up
  Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- 21 Up
  Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- 7 Plus Seven
  Interviewer/Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
production (13 credits)
- Section 1591
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- 56 Up
  producer
  
  production
  
  2012
- 49 Up
  producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- Rome
  producer
  
  production
  
  - De Patre Vostro (About Your Father) (2007) ... producer production
  
  - Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus (No God Can Stop a Hungry Man) (2007) ... producer production
  
  - A Necessary Fiction (2007) ... producer production
  
  - Death Mask (2007) ... producer production
  
  - Philippi (2007) ... producer production
  
  2005
- 42 Up
  producer
  
  production
  
  1999
- Bram Stoker's Dracula
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1992
- 35 Up
  producer
  
  production
  
  1991
- Age 7 in America
  producer
  
  production
  
  1991
- Criminal Justice
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1990
- 28 Up
  producer
  
  production
  
  1984
- The River Rat
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1984
- 21 Up
  producer
  
  production
  
  1977
- Seven Up!
  researcher
  
  production
  
  1964
directing (70 credits)
- 63 Up
  director
  
  directing
  
  2019
- Unlocked
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- Bloodline
  
  - Part 30 (2017) ... director directing
  
  2015
- Bending the Light
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Masters of Sex
  
  - The Eyes of God (2016) ... director directing
  
  - In To Me You See (2016) ... director directing
  
  - Full Ten Count (2015) ... director directing
  
  - Mirror, Mirror (2014) ... director directing
  
  - Fight (2014) ... director directing
  
  2013
- Ray Donovan
  
  - Little Bill Primm's Big Green Horseshoe (2016) ... director directing
  
  - Same Exactly (2013) ... director directing
  
  2013
- Chasing Mavericks
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- 56 Up
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
  director
  
  directing
  
  2010
- The Power of the Game
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Amazing Grace
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- The Grand Finale
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Married in America 2
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- 49 Up
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Rome
  
  - An Owl in a Thornbush (2005) ... director directing
  
  - How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic (2005) ... director directing
  
  - The Stolen Eagle (2005) ... director directing
  
  2005
- Lipstick
  director
  
  directing
  
  2002
- Married in America
  director
  
  directing
  
  2002
- Enough
  director
  
  directing
  
  2002
- Enigma
  director
  
  directing
  
  2001
- Me & Isaac Newton
  director
  
  directing
  
  2000
- The World Is Not Enough
  director
  
  directing
  
  1999
- 42 Up
  director
  
  directing
  
  1999
- Always Outnumbered
  director
  
  directing
  
  1998
- Inspirations
  director
  
  directing
  
  1997
- Extreme Measures
  director
  
  directing
  
  1996
- Nell
  director
  
  directing
  
  1994
- Moving the Mountain
  director
  
  directing
  
  1994
- Blink
  director
  
  directing
  
  1993
- Incident at Oglala
  director
  
  directing
  
  1992
- Thunderheart
  director
  
  directing
  
  1992
- 35 Up
  director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- Class Action
  director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- The Long Way Home
  director
  
  directing
  
  1989
- Gorillas in the Mist
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- POV
  
  - 49 Up (2007) ... director directing
  
  1988
- Critical Condition
  director
  
  directing
  
  1987
- Sting - Bring on the Night
  director
  
  directing
  
  1985
- 28 Up
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- Firstborn
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- Gorky Park
  director
  
  directing
  
  1983
- P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
  director
  
  directing
  
  1982
- Continental Divide
  director
  
  directing
  
  1981
- Coal Miner's Daughter
  director
  
  directing
  
  1980
- Agatha
  director
  
  directing
  
  1979
- Stronger Than the Sun
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
- 21 Up
  director
  
  directing
  
  1977
- The Squeeze
  director
  
  directing
  
  1977
- The Paradise Run
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- The Collection
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Wednesday Love
  director
  
  directing
  
  1975
- Haunted: Poor Girl
  director
  
  directing
  
  1974
- Stardust
  director
  
  directing
  
  1974
- Jack Point
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Highway Robbery
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Kisses at Fifty
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- The Triple Echo
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- The Reporters
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- Said the Preacher
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- The Mosedale Horseshoe
  director
  
  directing
  
  1971
- 7 Plus Seven
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- The Day They Buried Cleaver
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- Don't Touch Him, He Might Resent It
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- Play for Today
  
  - Stronger than the Sun (1977) ... director directing
  
  - Jack Point (1973) ... director directing
  
  - Highway Robbery (1973) ... director directing
  
  - Kisses at Fifty (1973) ... director directing
  
  - The Reporters (1972) ... director directing
  
  1970
- Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- Number Ten
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- It’s Dearer After Midnight
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- Who Pays?
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- Son of the City
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
crew (1 credits)
- The Long Way Home
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1989
writing (2 credits)
- Rome
  
  - An Owl in a Thornbush (2005) ... writer writing
  
  - How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic (2005) ... writer writing
  
  - The Stolen Eagle (2005) ... writer writing
  
  2005
- Sting - Bring on the Night
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1985