It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today. Michael Apted compelcraftdirector share on social
Anyway, that was the germ of the idea and of course... you know this was early days of sociology and whatever, especially on television. Michael Apted dayearlygerm Change image and share on social
Music video directors, who conceive, write and direct these works, enjoy no creative rights, receive no ongoing financial benefit from the sale of our work, and many times are not even credited. Michael Apted benefitconceivecreative Change image and share on social
Your great country is wonderful at stealing pieces of history and using it for its own purposes, so there didn't seem to be anything particularly unusual about it but the English were incredibly exercised about it. Michael Apted countryenglishexercise share on social
So I do tend to do documentaries where I can move in and out of them. Michael Apted documentarymovetend Change image and share on social
It was one of those great miracles of history that they managed to smuggle an Enigma machines out to Britain just before they were invaded by the Nazis. Michael Apted britainenigmagreat Change image and share on social
It's still the same job, the same anxieties, but it did feel a lot different, that kind of budget, that schedule, and frankly, the slowness of it all, and also having a lot of other units working. Michael Apted anxietybudgetfeel Change image and share on social
I've never much been interested in doing films that no one gets to see. Michael Apted filmhaveinterest Change image and share on social
For behaviorist films, that's been much more useful - the change of technology - but for my kind of films, doing them on film is much better, because it's more beautiful. Michael Apted beautifulbehavioristchange Change image and share on social
He wasn't, but producers are by definition annoying because they have a different agenda from you. They're trying to stop you spending money and you're trying to not spend money, but at the same time we're great artists. Michael Apted agendumannoyartist share on social
