Coal Miner’s Daughter helmer Michael Apted dies at 79
ComingSoon.net is saddened to report (via The Hollywood Reporter) that acclaimed British director Michael Apted, the man behind the
Up series of documentaries and a number of celebrated films, has passed away at the age of 79.
The exact cause of death and timing are currently unknown, but Roy Ashton from the Gersh Agency confirmed to
THR that the director, who served three terms as the Directors’ Guild of America President from 2003-09, had died.
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His legacy will be forever woven into the fabric of cinema and our guild,” DGA president Thomas Schlamme said in a statement. “