Anthony Harvey, 1930-2017, was born in London on 3 June 1930. His introduction to film was as an actor, playing younger brother Ptolemy to Vivien Leigh's Cleopatra in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945). He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts but soon realized that he wanted to focus on directing rather than acting. He started working at Shepperton Studios as an assistant editor and later editor for filmmakers John and Roy Boulting. By the 1960s, he was editing for such directors as Bryan Forbes and Stanley Kubrick. After editing Lolita (1962) and Dr. Strangelove (1964), Kubrick asked Harvey to edit 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), but Harvey declined in order to direct his first film, Dutchman (1968), based on the Amiri Baraka play. The controversial film garnered much attention and won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. His directorial debut also attracted the interest of actor Peter O'Toole, who insisted on Harvey directing his next film, The Lion in Winter (1968). Lion was a huge success, earning Harvey the Directors' Guild Award and several Oscars, including best actress for Katharine Hepburn, best screenplay, and best score. Harvey went on to direct such feature films as They Might Be Giants (1971), starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward, and The Abdication (1974), starring Liv Ullmann. His television films include The Glass Menagerie (1973), again with Hepburn, The Abduction of Aimee (1976), with Faye Dunaway, and Svengali (1983), starring Peter O'Toole and Jodie Foster. Harvey died in Water Mill, New York, on 23 November 2017.