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Michael Apted Biography

Director

Michael Apted is a British documentary filmmaker, best known for his groundbreaking series '7 Up', which has been following the lives of a group of British children every seven years since 1964.

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“It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today.”

Stories Today Actors Imagination Five Talent Directors Skills Crafts Movie Seconds Filmmaking Compelling Innovative Format

Author:Michael Apted

“I'd love to direct commercials on Caribbean beacheswith luscious women rubbing on suntan lotion, but all I get arethese documentary-type things.”

Type Direct Documentaries Caribbean Lotion

Author:Michael Apted

“I had wanted to make a film about World War II for some time, but I didn't really want to do something that was set in the trenches, so to speak.”

World Want War Wanted Film Speak War Of The Worlds World War Ii World War I Trenches

Author:Michael Apted

“I'd always wanted to do something about the Second World War, but I didn't want to do another combat film, whether it was air, land, or sea.”

World Want War Wanted Film Air Sea Land War Of The Worlds Combat Second World War

Author:Michael Apted

“I've never much been interested in doing films that no one gets to see.”

Film

Author:Michael Apted

“He wasn't, but producers are by definition annoying because they have a different agenda from you. They're trying to stop you spending money and you're trying to not spend money, but at the same time we're great artists.”

Trying Different Artist Definitions Spending Producers Agendas Annoying Great Art Great Artist Spending Money

Author:Michael Apted

“When I joined Granada - which, you don't want to start crying about these things, but Granada was a very, very hot place to be, it was my good fortune to be there at that time - the BBC was firmly asleep.”

Want Cry Hot Fortune Good Fortune Granada

Author:Michael Apted

“So I do tend to do documentaries where I can move in and out of them.”

I Can Moving Documentaries

Author:Michael Apted

“Now that I can edit the whole thing on AVID and edit the whole thing on tape, maybe I will do the next digitally, because maybe the quality will become less obvious between tape and film.”

I Can Whole Film Next Quality Obvious Tape Edits Avid

Author:Michael Apted

“Music video directors, who conceive, write and direct these works, enjoy no creative rights, receive no ongoing financial benefit from the sale of our work, and many times are not even credited.”

Writing Enjoy Creative Rights Directors Benefits Direct Financial Video Ongoing

Author:Michael Apted

About the Author

Born: February 10, 1941
Known for: Director
Quotes: 10

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