Michael Apted, Director Of The 'Up' Documentary Series, Dies At 79
Apted's pioneering documentary series began with a group of British children and checked in with them every seven years. He also directed Coal Miner's Daughter and The World Is Not Enough.
Film director Michael Apted died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles, according to his agent, Roy Ashton. No details of his death were given. At 79, Apted left behind a body of work ranging from biopics to a James Bond movie to a celebrated documentary series that established Apted as a pioneering longitudinal filmmaker.
Apted's audience literally grew up with him. In 1963, Apted was a 22-year-old Cambridge law student from southeast England
