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Michael Apted had difficulty finding a rural child to talk on camera, so bent the rules to include Hitchon, who was only six
‘Parky’ was Britain’s most successful chat show host who interviewed the world’s most famous faces including actors, musicians, sportspeople, royalty and politicians.
Every seven years, he followed the lives of 14 British youths; he also made “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “Nell” and other feature films.
Michael Apted, filmmaker behind innovative ‘Seven Up!’ documentary series, dies at 79 Tim Greiving Michael Apted, the innovative filmmaker behind the “Up” documentary series, which chronicled a group of British people for more than 50 years, who also made such varied feature films as “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and “The World Is Not Enough,” died Jan. 8 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79. Cort Kristensen, a producer at Mr. Apted’s film company, confirmed the death. The cause was undisclosed. His training as a documentarian lent an unfussy naturalism ...