Michael Apted
Michael Apted
Michael David Apted, CMGis an English director, producer, writer and actor. He is one of the most prolific British film directors of his generation, and directed the Up Seriesof documentaries and the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth10 February 1941
war sea land
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.
film
I've never much been interested in doing films that no one gets to see.
artist trying agendas
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.
want hot cry
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.
moving documentaries i-can
So I do tend to do documentaries where I can move in and out of them.
avid quality tape
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.
writing rights creative
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.
movie skills imagination
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.
documentaries type caribbean
I'd love to direct commercials on Caribbean beacheswith luscious women rubbing on suntan lotion, but all I get arethese documentary-type things.