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Tributes paid to Bond director and 7-Up documentarian Michael Apted who has died at 79 Joe Middleton © Provided by The Independent The British filmmaker was most well-known known for the Up series, which followed the lives of 14 children since 1964, as well as directing Coal Miners Daughter and Gorillas In The Mist. He also directed the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, which starred Pierce Brosnan, and a number of episodes of Coronation Street in the 1960s. T...

James Bond and Coronation Street director Michael Apted has died aged 79, his agent has said. The British filmmaker was known for the Up series of documentaries which followed the lives of 14 children since 1964, as well as directing Coal Miners Daughter and Gorillas In The Mist. Apted also directed the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, which starred Pierce Brosnan. Thomas Schlamme, president of the Directors Guild of America (DGA), led tributes to Apted. He said: Our hearts are hea...

Director Michael Apted has died aged 79, his agent has said. The British filmmaker was known for the Up series of documentaries which followed the lives of 14 children since 1964, as well as directing Coal Miner’s Daughter and Gorillas In The Mist. He also directed the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, which starred Pierce Brosnan. (Yui Mok/PA) Apted also directed a number of episodes of Coronation Street in the 1960s. Thomas Schlamme, president of the Directors Guild of America (...