Michael Apted
His body of work also included 'Gorky Park,' 'Gorillas in the Mist, 'The World Is Not Enough' and 'Nell.'
Michael Apted, the acclaimed British director behind the revolutionary series of decades-spanning
Seven Up documentaries and features including
Coal Miner's Daughter,
Nell and
Roy Ashton at the Gersh Agency confirmed Apted's death to
The Hollywood Reporter. A spokesperson for the DGA said he died Thursday night in Los Angeles. No cause of death was immediately available.
Apted made his feature directorial debut with the war saga
The Triple Echo (1972), starring Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed, and his résumé also included