Top 20 of Michael Apted
The twenty best films of Michael Apted
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- DirectorMichael AptedStarsBruce BaldenJacqueline BassettSymon BasterfieldDirector Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.Michael Apted directs his first feature. It is a follow-up to the initial Seven-Up! series that Apted was a part of for the World in Action news program.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsDavid EssexAdam FaithLarry HagmanThe rise and fall of the rock singer Jim Maclaine, in the mid 60s, with his manager, Mike, and his group, "The Stray Cats."
- 1969–197452m7.5 (79)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael AptedStarsDavid SwiftGordon McGraeFreddie FletcherMr. Armistead is the referee for an amateur league Sunday Football match. Disliked and abused by all the players he tries to play fair and ensure they follow the rules. By the end of the match he's had enough and really uses his head to show them that he's not as useless as they all think.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsGlenda JacksonOliver ReedBrian DeaconDuring World War II, a deserting soldier dresses as a woman to escape detection, hiding at a farm run by a POW's wife, but is soon hit-on by a lusty sergeant.Apted directs this strange film about unexpected love and cross-dressing. It is a lesser film but still one that is original in its acting and plot.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsBrenda Fricker
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsIan HendryElizabeth ShepherdTimothy WestA middle-aged man, aware that time is passing ever more quickly, decides that he wants a little joy in his life for a change. No matter what.
- 1967–19821h 15m6.6 (12)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael AptedStarsFrank WindsorJack MacGowranHarold InnocentThere's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah.Michael Apted directed this television special that lead to a television series.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsAnna CropperEdward HardwickeFrank WindsorMurder: The Rest of Our Lives.Apted directs this episode starring Edward Hardwicke.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsAlfred LynchYootha JoyceJimmy JewelEdgar Lunt lives his life by scientific principles, that is, for every action there is a reaction. He believes that any pleasure he might have, will mean, somebody will suffer somewhere else. The result is he is not very happy at all, until Trevor, a young student,tries to show him a fresh outlook on life.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsJohn BryansDonald HewlettAndrew Sachs
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsMichael BatesTom CriddleJane DownsThis was the first time Apted directed an episode of the long running ITV Playhouse.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsDerek FrancisDaphne HeardRoy KinnearTony Robinson and Roy Kinnear starred in this Apted-directed episode.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsPeter AdairMaureen AherneElizabeth BegleyAs wealthy Johann Schultz lies close to death in an Irish monastery, his heirs begin to gather.
- 1967–1982TV EpisodeDirectorMichael AptedStarsDavid MarkhamMaureen LipmanSam DastorA man is suffering memory loss after slowly recovering from a car crash. Does fate offer a chance to re-invent himself and forget the past? - or is he doomed to make the same mistakes and have the same disappointments as he has always had?
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsMaria AitkenAvril ElgarPat Heywood
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsDavid LangtonEwen SolonJohn Fraser
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsRosemary LeachBernard HeptonMary Miller
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsWilliam RussellMary MillerBarbara YoungFrank is elected mayor of a northern town, but wonders whether he's made the right decision.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsFrank CromptonMark DignamVictor Henry
- StarsBrian ArmstrongChris KellyDerek CooperA documentary series focusing on current affairs.Apted directed several episodes of this long running television series.