He worked with the director David Lean on four films that spanned Savage's entire career.
Lean has been noted as possibly "the best British film director ever", and was himself a masterful editor.
[1] Savage started his career as an assistant editor on Lean's Hobson's Choice (1954).
Savage was Anne V. Coates' first assistant editor for Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962).
[2] Savage died of leukemia while editing the film Lady Caroline Lamb (1972).