Lloyd was a director, screenwriter, actor and producer who began his career at the time of silent films. He was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and its president between 1934 and 1935. He began his career as a teenager acting in British theatres. In 1910, he moved to Canada and in 1913 to the US. Between 1913 and 1916, he acted in more than sixty short silent films and also began writing screenplays and directing. After having directed many short films in 1915, he began directing medium length films as well. One of his most famous films is the silent feature adaptation of Dickens’ Oliver Twist from 1922. Four years earlier he had directed Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities (silent, 1917). He won Oscars in 1930 and 1934 for direction of his romantic dramas The Divine Lady (silent, 1929) and Cavalcade (sound, 1933). In 1936, he was nominated as Best Director for his film Mutiny on the Bounty (sound, 1935). Even though he did not win, this film is considered one of his best. His other important films include adventure films The Sea Hawk (silent, 1924) and If I Were King (1938), historical drama The Howards of Virginia (1940), part of the omnibus Forever and a Day (1943) and the action film Blood on the Sun (1945). Besides directing and writing screenplays, Lloyd was also active as a producer, and among other things produced Alfred Hitchcock’s Saboteur (1942). His last film was the Western The Last Command (1955), which he directed and produced. In 1960, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.