---
name: "Kit Hesketh-Harvey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kit-hesketh-harvey"
fi1m_id: "kit-hesketh-harvey"
imdb_id: "nm0381388"
tmdb_id: 215093
wikidata_id: "Q6417436"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 April 1957"
died: "1 February 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T04:35:02.863834+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kit Hesketh-Harvey

## Identity

Kit Hesketh-Harvey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kit-hesketh-harvey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kit-hesketh-harvey
- **IMDb ID:** nm0381388
- **TMDB ID:** 215093
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6417436
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Hesketh-Harvey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6417436, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381388/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/215093

Writer. Born 30 April 1957 in Nyasaland [now Malawi]. Died 1 February 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 April 1957, Nyasaland [now Malawi]
- **Died:** 1 February 2023
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Hesketh-Harvey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6417436, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381388/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/215093

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Maurice*](https://film.one/film/maurice.md) (83)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kit Hesketh-Harvey (1957–2023) was a British screenwriter, composer, translator and musical performer. He wrote the screenplay for the Merchant Ivory film *Maurice* (1987), adapted from the E. M. Forster novel and directed by James Ivory.

Before turning to screenwriting he worked as a staff producer in the BBC’s Music and Arts Department. He contributed to the BBC sitcom *The Vicar of Dibley* and wrote the television film *Full Throttle* (1995). He performed for many years as half of the cabaret duo Kit and the Widow and translated several operas for companies including the Royal Opera House and English National Opera. He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Maurice* (1987), Fi1m 83, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale* (2002), series, Screenplay, Writer
- *Full Throttle* (1995), Writer
- *Maurice* (1987), Screenplay — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)

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