Barry Ptolemy Barry Ptolemy Robert Barry Ptolemy (born 1969) is an American film director, producer and writer. Ptolemy directed "Transcendent Man" (2009) a documentary film about futurist and inventor Ray Kurzweil. Ptolemy was born in Los Angeles, California. His father introduced him to computers at an early age, giving him a lifelong interest in technology. At the age of 12, Ptolemy worked with Steven Spielberg on the set of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) as an animal wrangler. Inspired by working with Spielberg the next year in 1983 Ptolemy directed and produced his first short film "The Holograph" which won first place in
Ptolemy XII Auletes XI had left the Egyptian throne to Rome in his will, so Ptolemy XII was not the legitimate successor. Nevertheless, Rome did not challenge Ptolemy XII's succession because the Senate was unwilling to acquire an Egyptian expansion. Ptolemy XII was generally described as a weak, self-indulgent man, a drunkard, and a music lover. His practice of playing the flute earned him the ridiculing sobriquet "Auletes" (flute player) according to Strabo: Before Ptolemy XII's reign, the geographical distance between Rome and Egypt resulted in mutual indifference between them. Nevertheless, Egyptians asked the Romans to settle dynastic conflicts. During his reign, Ptolemy