Michael apted s up series, which returns every seven years to interview the same group of subjects and. Dec 10, 2019 scenes from the acclaimed up, a documentary series that has followed a group of people every seven years since they were 7 years old. Director michael apted returns to theaters, and to the oscar race, with 63 up, which may be the final film in a monumental doc series. Dec 12, 2019 while apted continues to ask his subjects if they think this to be true they seem to agree, to various extents, it appears absolutely truest with tony, whose positive energy, despite his share of setbacks, continues to buoy the series beautifully. Oct 26, 2018 in 1964, director michael apted had a job as a researcher on seven up. Michael david apted, cmg born 10 february 1941 is an english director, producer, writer and actor. Director michael apteds sevenpart, generationspanning documentary series up, which follows the lives of 14 british children from 1964 to 2012, is now available to stream on netflix. The idea was to see what the generation heading into the next millennium looked like at that early age, what their hopes were, their dreams, their aspirations. In 1964 michael apted filmed a documentary on a couple of seven year olds for a british television studio from various backgrounds.
Apted has been revisiting the same exact people, the. Jun 09, 2019 those of us who like to feel as if we have grown up with michael apteds series i was born the year after the first film, seven up. In a list of the 100 greatest british television programmes drawn up by the british film institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, 28 up placed 26th. For michael apted, who began as a researcher on the documentary and went on to become director, the unpredictable nature of the participants lives is what has made the up series. With nicholas hitchon, tony walker, bruce balden, charles furneaux. Michael apted has been back to film them every seven years since. Jun 01, 2019 until the 42 up series, it was all shot on film, so i was the only one who saw the footage. Peter, who at seven told the programme he wanted to be an astronaut, remained in contact with michael apted, who asked him to come back to the show every seven years.
The aim of the continuing series is stated at the beginning of 7 up as. Im the same age as the participants were all 63 now, hence the arrival. Every seven years, apted dropped in on the lives of his. Dec 19, 2019 michael apteds up series of documentaries has always held more than just professional interest to me. The way its formatted now, thats the trust with michael and the crew. Fiftyfive years later the worlds changed and hes still sharing. Michael apted s seven year itch every seven years the director michael apted has tracked down the subjects of the 1964 television documentary seven up to record their progress. Everything we saw at age seven, we still see now in spades. Michael apted s up series of british documentaries remains as fascinating and frustrating and beautiful and sad as ever with 63 up, bringing 56 years of life, love, growth and. Sep, 2019 63 up is the latest in the series, directed by michael apted, which first started with seven up in 1964 which was directed by paul almond.
Jun 16, 2019 his innovative documentary series has become one of the most acclaimed film productions of all time, but 63 up director michael apted reminds us it was never meant to be directed by the late. Director michael apted revisits the same group of britishborn adults after a 7 year wait. A group of sevenyearold british children from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects. Director michael apted s sevenpart, generationspanning documentary series up, which follows the lives of 14 british children from 1964 to 2012, is now available to stream on netflix instant. Michael apted s up series, which returns every seven years. Michael apteds groundbreaking sevenyearly series returns. Michael apted won an institutional peabody award in 2012 for his work on the up series.
Jun 16, 2019 but then i learned that michael apteds up series has a new installment. When michael apted asked a group of children their aspirations and fears in 1964 for seven up he didnt think hed see them again. May 28, 2019 the cast of the 7 up series have said the next instalment could be the last. The director michael apted has reached 56 up of his documentary series covering the lives of 14 britons whom he began filming when they were 7. In 1970, director michael apted, a researcher on seven up. If the magisterial 63 up teaches us anything, its that we. It would have to be a totally different kind of programme. The latest installment in the acclaimed documentary series by director michael apted, 63 up, is playing this weekend at the m. These days, im the mother of a sevenyearold, and i see the series in. The up series seven up 7 plus seven 21 up 28 up 35 up. As he chats with them about how things are going, his films penetrate to the central mystery of life, asking the same questions that wim wenders poses in wings of desire. Michael apteds 7up brits head into retirement in 63.
Michael apted, keeping up with the up series the new. New instalments of one of the worlds longestrunning franchises by michael apted. Director michael apted plans to reinterview them at sevenyear intervals to determine how their lives and attitudes have changed. The documentary series, which offers seven yearly updates on a select group of people, returns next week for 63 up.
Michael apteds groundbreaking sevenyearly series returns, seeming more dreamlike than ever as it follows its subjects into retirement and beyond published. Oct 14, 20 in 1964 a group of 7yearold children were interviewed for the groundbreaking documentary seven up. Michael apteds entire up series now available on netflix. Michael apted on the decadesspanning up series and returning with 63 up nyff57. Scenes from the acclaimed up, a documentary series that has followed a group of people every seven years since they were 7 years old. Nov 25, 2019 michael apted s landmark documentary series makes its latest every seven years appearance. If youre not familiar with the up series, heres the wiki. For michael apted, who began as a researcher on the documentary and went on to become director, the unpredictable nature of the participants lives is what has made the up series an important. Sep 19, 20 director michael apteds sevenpart, generationspanning documentary series up, which follows the lives of 14 british children from 1964 to 2012, is now available to stream on netflix instant. May 01, 2017 roger ebert once called michael apted s decadesspanning up documentaries an inspired and even noble use of the film medium, and i agree with him wholeheartedly. Official trailer for michael apteds latest 63 up film. In 1964 a group of 7 yearold children were interviewed for the groundbreaking documentary seven up. Dec, 2019 michael apteds up series of british documentaries remains as fascinating and frustrating and beautiful and sad as ever with 63 up, bringing 56 years of life, love, growth and. After almonds direction of the original programme, director michael apted continued the multipart series with new installments every seven years, filming material from those of the fourteen who choose to participate.
Led by awardwinning director michael apted throughout the decades, this groundbreaking documentary anthology has now reached 63 up, gaining further illuminating insight into its premise of whether or not our adult lives are predetermined by our earliest influences and social class. Michael apted says ive followed the 7up children for 56. With douglas keay, bruce balden, jacqueline bassett, symon basterfield. Michael apted stumbled into making what has become the most profound documentary series in the history of cinema. In 1970, he helmed 7 plus seven, a documentary update of almonds 7 up. The series started with 7 up, a 1964 documentary television program with a group of british 7yearolds, from different social backgrounds, as its subjects. Give me a child until he is seven and i will give you the man, the groundbreaking documentary series from director michael apted returns every seven years to. Up series director reflects on his grand social experiment.
The series was an attempt to do a long view of english society, the filmmaker told me in a recent conversation. With tony walker, nicholas hitchon, paul kligerman, lynn johnson. Fiftyfive years later, the project is reaching its. In 1964, director michael apted had a job as a researcher on seven up. After serving as the assistant to director paul almond on 7 up granada tv, 1963, apted directed and produced some 50odd episodes of plays, serials and television series. Dec 06, 2019 director michael apted returns to theaters, and to the oscar race, with 63 up, which may be the final film in a monumental doc series. Camera crews return to document the lives of the original seven up. Michael apted s up series of documentaries has always held more than just professional interest to me. One of the most prolific english film directors of his generation, he is known for directing. I see my life as a failure the amazing rebirths of. Michael apted, keeping up with the up series the new york. The up series is a series of documentary films produced by granada television that have followed the lives of fourteen british children since 1964, when they were seven years old. Jul 26, 20 michael apted, aging with the 7 up crew every seven years since 1964, the director has caught us up on the lives of 14 everyday people in his acclaimed 7 up series.