Tributes to Seven Up director Michael Apted after his death at 79

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Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticMichael Apted was 22 when he joined the crew of “Seven Up!,” a British made-for-television documentary that profiled 14 children from different class backgrounds.

A cast member whose life featured in Michael Apted's Up documentary series has paid tribute to the director as a 'beacon of light' following his death aged 79. Tony Walker, an actor and London taxi driver, was selected for the project from an East End primary school in 1963 and went on to become one of its best-known characters.

Michael Apted, the acclaimed British director behind the revolutionary series of decades-spanningSeven Updocumentaries and features includingCoal Miner's Daughter,NellandThe World Is Not Enough,has died. He was 79.

Award-winning film director Michael Apted has died at the age of 79. Michael was best known for helming the Up documentary series, which followed the same group of people at different stages of their lives, starting when they were children right into their sixties.

Up documentaries, has died aged 79.Apted died on Thursday (January 7) at his home in Los Angeles, his US agent Roy Ashton confirmed. No cause of death has yet been revealed.Apted’s Up series began in 1964, where the filmmaker met 14 seven-year-olds from diverse backgrounds.

(Reuters) - British filmmaker Michael Apted, the man behind the "Up" documentaries that chronicled the lives of a group of British children for more than 50 years, has died at the age of 79, his U. S.

Michael Apted, the acclaimed British director of the “Up” documentaries series and films as diverse as the Loretta Lynn biopic “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and the James Bond film “The World Is Not Enough,” has died. He was 79.A representative for the Directors Guild of America said his family informed the organization that he passed Thursday night.

pic.twitter.com/5vtLfBJgmRWe are very sorry to hear of the death of director Michael Apted. Winner of 4 BAFTAs, including 3 for his acclaimed and ground-breaking "Up" documentary series.

Michael Apted, the acclaimed British director of the “Up” documentary series and films as diverse as the Loretta Lynn biopic “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and the James Bond film “The World Is Not Enough,” has died. He was 79.A representative for the Directors Guild of America said his family informed the organization that he passed Thursday night.

Also Read: Tommy Lasorda, World Series Champion and Dodgers Legend, Dies at 93Apted’s landmark series of “Up” documentary films date back to 1963 when he directed an episode of “World Plus Action” that sought to profile a group of British children, all 7 years old and all from different backgrounds, and he then revisited those same children seven years later in “7 Plus Seven” in 1970 to see how they had changed.