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{{Short description|English television and film director and producer}}
{{redirect|Apted|other people with this surname|Apted (surname)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Michael Apted
| image              = Michael_Apted_at_the_72nd_Annual_Peabody_Awards_(cropped).jpg
| caption            = Apted in 2013
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG|size=100%}}
| birth_name         = Michael David Apted
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1941|2|10|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Aylesbury]], Buckinghamshire, England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2021|1|7|1941|2|10|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| occupation         = Television and film director, producer
| years_active       = 1963–2019
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Jo Apted|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Dana Stevens (screenwriter)|Dana Stevens]]|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Paige Simpson|2014}}
}}
| children           = 4, including [[Paul Apted|Paul]]
| education          = [[City of London School]]<br />[[Downing College, Cambridge]]
}}
'''Michael David Apted''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG}} (10 February 1941 – 7 January 2021) was an English television and film director and producer.

Apted began working in television and directed the ''[[Up (film series)|Up]]'' documentary series from 1970 to 2019). He later directed ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]'' (1980), which was nominated for seven [[Academy Awards]] including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. His subsequent work included ''[[Gorillas in the Mist]]'' (1988), ''[[Nell (film)|Nell]]'' (1994), the ''[[James Bond]]'' film ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' (1999), and ''[[Enigma (2001 film)|Enigma]]'' (2001). His film ''[[Amazing Grace (2006 film)|Amazing Grace]]'' (2006) premiered at the closing of the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] that year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Matthew |date=22 August 2006 |title=Toronto International Film Festival 2006: Everything Announced |url=https://torontoist.com/2006/08/toronto_international_film_festival_2006_everything_announced/ |access-date=9 January 2021 |website=Torontoist}}</ref>

On 29 June 2003, he was elected president of the [[Directors Guild of America]],<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20030629005010/en/Michael-Apted-Elected-DGA-President-New-National |title=Michael Apted Elected DGA President; New National Board, Slate of Officers Also Chosen |publisher=Directors Guild of America |agency=Business Wire |date=29 June 2003 |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> a position he served until 2009.<ref name=":2" /> He was appointed Companion of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) in the [[2008 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58729 |date=14 June 2008 |page=2 |supp=y}}</ref>