What is Michael Apted?
{{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}} | 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 = Film director | years_active = 1963–2019 | spouse = Jo Apted (divorced)<br>[[Dana Stevens (screenwriter)|Dana Stevens]] (divorced)<br>{{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|CMG}} (10 February 1941 – 7 January 2021) was a British director, producer, writer and actor. He directed [[James Bond]] movie ''[[The World is Not Enough]]''. He was known for directing ''[[Amazing Grace (2006 movie)|Amazing Grace]]'' and ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]''. Apted died at his home in [[Los Angeles]] on 7 January 2021, at the age of 79.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Welk |first1=Brian |title=Michael Apted, Director of ‘Up’ Documentaries and ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter,’ Dies at 79 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/michael-apted-director-of-up-documentaries-and-coal-miners-daughter-dies-at-79/ |website=The Wrap |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Zurilla |first1=Christie |title=Michael Apted, ‘7 Up’ director and three-time DGA president, dies at 79 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-01-08/michael-apted-dead |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/movies/michael-apted-dead.html|title = Michael Apted, Versatile Director Known for ‘Up’ Series, Dies