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Apted also directed Hollywood movies ranging
from the 1999 James Bond blockbuster "The World is Not Enough"
to the Loretta Lynn country singer biography "Coal Miner's
Daughter" and dozens of TV shows, including episodes of British
soap "Coronation Street" in the 1967.
Apted died on Thursday at his Los Angeles home, Roy Ashton, his
agent in the United States, said. Details of his death were not
available.
Apted's most notable project was the "Up" series. It began in
1964 as a television documentary about the hopes and dreams of
14 7 year-old children from diverse backgrounds who Apted
revisited every seven years to see how their lives had changed.
The series, which won multiple awards over the years, was
inspired by the saying "Give me a child until he is 7 and I will
show you the man." The most recent, "63 Up," was released in
2019.
The Academy of Motion Pictures said on Friday that Apted "will
always be remembered for the groundbreaking documentary "Up"
series.
Apted was born in Britain, attended Cambridge University and
started his career as a researcher at Britain's Granada
Television, where the idea for the first "Up" documentary was
born.
In later life, he moved to Los Angeles and directed dozens of
movies, including "Gorillas in the Mist," thriller "Gorky Park,"
"Thunder Heart" and "Enigma." He served as president of the
Directors Guild of America (DGA) from 2003-2009.
DGA president Thomas Schlamme on Friday called him a friend and
a "fearless visionary as a director."
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; editing by Grant McCool)
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