Paul Apted
{{Short description|English sound editor (1967–2014)}}
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| name = Paul Apted
| image = Paul Apted.jpg
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1967|02|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = Manchester, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|07|04|1967|02|09|df=y}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Sound editor
| years_active = 1994–2014
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| spouse = Gemma Richardson
| children = 2
| father = Michael Apted
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Paul Apted (9 February 1967 – 4 July 2014) was an English sound editor who worked on films such as Alice in Wonderland (2010), A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), The Wolverine (2013), The Book Thief (2013) and The Fault in Our Stars (2014).
Biography
Paul Apted was born on 9 February 1967 in Manchester,{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Anita |date=2014-07-06 |title=Paul Apted, Sound Editor for 'Fault in Our Stars,' Dead at 47 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/paul-apted-sound-editor-for-fault-in-our-stars-dead-at-47/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}} the son of director Michael Apted and his first wife Jo.{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=2014-07-06 |title=Paul Apted, Sound Editor on ‘Fault in Our Stars,’ Dies at 47 |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/paul-apted-sound-editor-on-fault-in-our-stars-dies-1201258309/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} He collaborated with his father on the films Nell (1994), Extreme Measures (1996) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).{{Cite web |last=Hayden |first=Erik |last2=Barnes |first2=Mike |date=2014-07-05 |title=Paul Apted, Sound Editor and Son of Director Michael Apted, Dies at 47 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paul-apted-dead-sound-editor-716812/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Apted died in Los Angeles on 4 July 2014 from colon cancer, aged 47. He was married to Gemma Richardson;{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paul-apted-dead-sound-editor-716812/|title=Paul Apted, Sound Editor and Son of Director Michael Apted, Dies at 47|first=Erik Hayden, Mike|last=Barnes|date=5 July 2014}} they had two children.
References
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External links
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Category:British sound editors
Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer in California
Category:Mass media people from Manchester
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