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. Roy Ashton at the Gersh Agency confirmed Apted's death to The Hollywood Reporter.A spokesperson for the DGA said he died Thursday night in Los Angeles.
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