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Michael Apted
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Director, Executive Producer Born: February 10, 1941 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England Biography:Receiving his early education at City of London School, Michael Apted went on to study Law at Cambridge University. By the age of 22, however, he was gainfully employed as a director at the BBC, laboring away on the popular soap opera "Coronation Street". While working on the documentary series The World in Action, he collaborated with Paul Almond on the 1963 telefilm "7 Up", in which 14 seven-year-olds, drawn from every social level in London, were interviewed concerning their lives, innermost thoughts, and aspirations. Apted followed up with his subjects on his own every seven years, charting their progress and grilling them concerning their hopes for the future, resulting in the subsequent Seven Plus Seven, "21 Up", "28 Up" (which incorporated footage from the earlier installments), "35 Up", and 42 Up.
While he never completely abandoned the documentary form (certainly not with several TV awards... Full Biography
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