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Michael Apted More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

10 February 1941, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Birth Name

Michael David Apted

Height

6' 2" (1.88 m)

Spouse

Jo Apted	(9 July 1966 - ?) (divorced) 2 children
Dana Stevens	(? - present)

Trivia

Former researcher at Granada TV.

Elected as the new President of the Director's Guild of America. He replaces Martha Coolidge and has been a DGA member since 1978. [29 June 2003]

President of the Directors Guild of America (DGA). [2003-]

Member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Documentary Branch) [2002-]

He was awarded the C.M.G. (Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George) for his services to British film and television industries in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honors List.

Personal Quotes

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.

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

Where Are They Now

(June 2008) USA

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