A Welsh director, producer, and writer born on 22 September 1937 in Llanishen, Cardiff, Wales, UK. He was educated at Aix-Marseille University in France and King's College, Cambridge. He married twice and had 4 children. His most notable works include NBC Special Treat (1976), Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Jagged Edge (1985), and Nowhere to Run (1993). He died of a stroke on 4 September 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK.