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Michael Apted, director and Seven Up documentarian, dies at 79 – The Guardian
British director made films Coal Miner’s Daughter and The World is Not Enough, and the long-running Up documentary series
The British director Michael Apted has died at the age of 79.
The film-maker and documentarian was known for films such as Gorillas in the Mist and Coal Miners Daughter, as well as his long-running series of Up documentaries.
His death has been confirmed by his agency to the Hollywood Reporter. No further details are yet known.
Apteds career started in the 1960s on the small screen, and in 1964, he assisted on the the show Seven Up! as part of the current affairs show World in Action. He helped…
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