Michael Apted

Films Directed by Michael Apted, Brandon Camp, Roger Donaldson, Tony Goldwyn and Ron Shelton are Result of Collaboration with Independent Media Inc. BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liberty Mutual, the fifth largest property and casualty insurer...

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...acclaimed director joins New Zealand educators to celebrate release of new animal-focused resource book. Award-winning director Michael Apted will take part in a free education lecture at Auckland Museum this Saturday in conjunction with the...

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...is afoot. The man behind it is the dapper but very sinister Balcombe (Jeremy Northam in a role close to the one he played in Michael Apted's Second World War thriller Enigma). This conspiracy involves an entire social and political...

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Michael David Apted, CMG (born 10 February 1941) is an English director , producer , writer and actor. He is one of the most prolific British film directors of his generation but is best known for his work on the Up series of...

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...political provocateur and social realist has always worn his heart on his sleeve. Along with contemporaries including Mike Leigh, Michael Apted and Ken Russell, Loach had his start in British television, particularly the BBC, in the 1960s...

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...TAYLOR HACKFORD has landed the role of president of the Directors Guild of America. The Ray auteur has taken over from Michael Apted to represent the union for film and TV directors across the U.S. after he was voted in by his fellow...

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...Reporter) - Taylor Hackford, director of movies including "Ray," "Dolores Claiborne" and "An Officer and a Gentleman," will succeed Michael Apted as president of the Directors Guild of America. Hackford was chosen Saturday during the...

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...DGA's national convention Saturday, which is held every other year. He was the only candidate nominated after former President Michael Apted chose to step aside after serving for six years. In a farewell letter posted on the DGA's website,...

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...who was re-elected National Vice President, the Guild's second highest position, for his third term, said of Apted's election: "Michael Apted epitomizes the phrase 'leadership in action' -- in our Guild, in our industry, and in our craft.

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Michael Apted is, by his own admission, a tough director to "nail." Although he has an impressive resume of dramatic films to his credit, including two multiple-Oscar nominees (1980's "Coal Miner's Daughter" and 1988's "Gorillas in the...

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