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Mixed-race Symon, who grew up in an orphanage and became a foster parent. Neil, the would-be astronaut and restless soul who later dropped out of university and lived in a squat . . . No doubt, as you read this, some of you can picture their faces now, just a few of the unforgettable characters we met as children in the ITV documentary series Seven Up! (later Up) and have followed throughout their lives — remember Lynn the librarian and am-dram actress Sue? One of the girls, Suzy Lusk (pictu...

Acclaimed British director Michael Apted has died

Coal Miner’s Daughter helmer Michael Apted dies at 79 ComingSoon.net is saddened to report (via The Hollywood Reporter) that acclaimed British director Michael Apted, the man behind the  Up series of documentaries and a number of celebrated films, has passed away at the age of 79. The exact cause of death and timing are currently unknown, but Roy Ashton from the Gersh Agency confirmed to THR that the director, who served three terms as the Directors’ Guild of America President from 2003-...

Enigma, Chasing Mavericks. A key component of Apteds concerns was supporting his union, and he joined the Directors Guild of America in 1978, and became active in guild service in 1997, when he was first elected to the Western Directors Council. In 2001, he was elected to the National Board and became fifth vice president the following year. He also founded (alongside Steven Soderbergh) the Guild’s Independent Directors Committee in 1998, and served as chair until he was elected president ...

Up documentary series and Oscar-nominated features including Coal Miners Daughter and Gorillas in the Mist, has died at 79. His agency confirmed his death to EW, but no additional information was available. Apted first rose to prominence for his work on the groundbreaking Up films, which followed the lives of 14 Brits from different class backgrounds over the course of 56 years, in seven-year increments. Apted was a researcher on the first installment, 1964s Seven Up, and helmed the rest, c...

Michael Apted, Coal Miners Daughter and Up series director, dies at 79 Maureen Lee Lenker Michael Apted, the British filmmaker known for directing the long-running Up documentary series and Oscar-nominated features including Coal Miners Daughter and Gorillas in the Mist, has died at 79. His agency confirmed his death to EW, but no additional information was available. Apted first rose to prominence for his work on the groundbreaking Up films, which followed the lives of 14 B...

With Run The Series, The A.V. Club examines film franchises, studying how they change and evolve…Read more Apted began his career in the 1960s, with Granada Television. Working as a researcher for the broadcaster, he gathered the school-age subjects for an episode of the current affairs program World In Action. That 1964 documentary, Seven Up!, depicted the lives of 14 seven-year-olds representing various British social classes; in 1970, those same children were profiled in a follow-up, 7 ...

Michael Apted, the acclaimed British director of the Up documentary series and filmslike the Coal Miner’s Daughter and The World Is Not Enough, has died. He was 79.