A CIA agent is drawn into a deadly snare with millions of lives hanging in the balance in Director Michael Apted’s new thriller, Unlocked.
In Apted’s film, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker after failing to apprehend the terrorist behind an attack in Paris that claimed dozens of lives. When she is unexpectedly called back into action by a mentor, she discovers an even greater danger now threatens both London and herself. Now she has to find a way to stay alive if she’s to save the city from a lethal biological attack.
Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on September 3, Apted sat down with Director Martin Campbell (The Foreigner) to discuss the making of Unlocked.
In addition to Unlocked, Apted’s filmography includes the internationally-acclaimed, multi-award winning documentary series 7 Plus 7, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49 UP and 56 UP as well as the features Gorillas in the Mist, The World is Not Enough, Gorky Park, Thunderheart, Nell, Enigma, Amazing Grace and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. He earned a DGA Award nomination for his 1980 feature Coalminer's Daughter. He has also worked extensively in television and won the 2005 DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series for his episode “The Stolen Eagle” of the HBO series Rome.
A DGA member since 1978, Apted is currently the Secretary-Treasurer of the Guild and previously served as DGA President from 2003-2009. He has co-chaired the DGA Negotiations Committee, and served on the Independent Directors Committee, the Political Action Committee’s Leadership Council, the 75th Anniversary Advisory Committee and the Western Directors Council. In recognition of his extraordinary service to the DGA and its membership, in 2013 Apted was presented with the Robert B. Aldrich Award.
You can listen to Apted's Q&A by clicking the podcast episode embedded below. You can find all DGA podcast episodes here.