Editing Michael Apted (section)

===Film===
Apted made his first feature film in 1972, ''[[The Triple Echo]]'', starring [[Oliver Reed]] and [[Glenda Jackson]], and he directed two films for [[David Puttnam]].<ref name="five">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-film-moguls-nat-cohen-part-five-1971-1988/|access-date=5 February 2025|date=5 February 2025|title=Forgotten British film moguls – Nat Cohen: Part Five (1971-1988)}}</ref> ''The Triple Echo'' was entered into the [[8th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1973">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1973 |title=8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973) |access-date=3 January 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194922/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1973 |archive-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> He alternated this work with working on the TV series ''[[Play for Today]]''. He directed six plays including ''Stronger than the Sun'', written by [[Stephen Poliakoff]] and starring [[Francesca Annis]] as a young woman who places her life in danger to expose a crime, a theme Apted returned to several times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stronger than the Sun (1977) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b773da300 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103092322/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b773da300 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2018 |access-date=9 January 2021 |publisher=British Film Institute |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

In 1979 he directed the Hollywood-financed ''[[Agatha (film)|Agatha]]'', featuring [[Vanessa Redgrave]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Agatha (1979) – Michael Apted {{!}} Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v1214 |language=en |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> He went to the United States in 1980, where he directed ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]'',<ref name="BFI" /> which received seven [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations, winning best actress for [[Sissy Spacek]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 53rd Academy Awards {{!}} 1981 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1981/A--E |access-date=9 January 2021 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |language=en}}</ref> Both Spacek and [[Loretta Lynn]], the subject of the film, have said that they believe Apted's outsider point of view was crucial to the movie's success in securing the participation of [[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachian]] residents and to the avoidance of stereotypes that previously had marred portrayals of [[Appalachia|mountain culture]].<ref name="dvdcomm-apted">Sissy Spacek and Michael Apted. Feature commentary track, ''Coal Miner's Daughter'' 25th Anniversary/Collector's Edition, 2005.</ref><ref name="dvdcomm-lynn">Interview with Loretta Lynn and Michael Apted. Featurette on ''Coal Miner's Daughter'' 25th Anniversary/Collector's Edition DVD, 2005.</ref> In 2019, ''Coal Miner's Daughter'' was selected by the [[Library of Congress]] for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]] for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref name="Chow">{{cite magazine |last=Chow |first=Andrew R. |date=11 December 2019 |title=See the 25 New Additions to the National Film Registry, From Purple Rain to Clerks |url=https://time.com/5747503/national-film-registry-2019-additions/|magazine=Time |location=New York, NY |access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref>

Apted also made several films with a strong social message or that deal with an ethical dilemma. In 1983 he directed ''[[Gorky Park (film)|Gorky Park]]'', a political thriller based on the novel by [[Martin Cruz Smith]], that deals with police corruption in the former [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Gorky Park (1983) – Michael Apted {{!}} Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v20395 |language=en |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> ''[[Class Action (film)|Class Action]]'' deals with a [[corporate]] [[whistleblower]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Class Action (1991) – Michael Apted {{!}} Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/v9818 |language=en |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> and ''[[Extreme Measures]]'' is about [[medical ethics]].<ref name="Radio Times">{{cite web |title=Extreme Measures |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/film/cc8d4/extreme-measures/ |work=Radio Times |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref> ''Class Action'' was entered into the [[17th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1991">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1991 |title=17th Moscow International Film Festival (1991) |access-date=2 March 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403102003/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1991 |archive-date=3 April 2014}}</ref>

In 1994, he directed ''[[Nell (film)|Nell]]'', which received three Golden Globe Award nominations<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nell |url=https://gg-proto.ps-pantheon.com/film/nell |access-date=9 January 2021 |website=Golden Globes Awards}}</ref> and one Academy Award nomination.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 67th Academy Awards {{!}} 1995 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995 |access-date=9 January 2021 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=5 October 2014 |language=en}}</ref>

In 1999, Apted directed the ''[[James Bond]]'' film ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''.<ref name="RTimes2">{{cite web |title=James Bond and 7-Up director Michael Apted dies age 79 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2021-01-09/james-bond-director-michael-apted-dies/ |work=Radio Times |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref>