Directing
David Lean
1908-03-25 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Sir David Lean CBE (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered one of the most important figures in British cinema, he is best remembered for adapting the works of Charles Dickens and Noël Coward, and for his large scale period epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970), and A Passage to India (1984). Acclaimed and praised by directors such as Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick, Lean was voted 9th greatest film director of all time in the British Film Institute Sight & Sound "Directors Top Directors" poll 2002. Nominated seven times for the Academy Award for Best Director, winning twice for The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia, he has seven films in the British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films (with three of them being in the top five).
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Doctor Zhivago
Brief Encounter
Great Expectations
A Passage to India
Oliver Twist
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Ryan's Daughter
Summertime
Hobson's Choice
Blithe Spirit
Pygmalion
49th Parallel
In Which We Serve
The Oscars
Movie credits · 62
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
David Lean: A Life in Film
A Passage to India
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
Ryan's Daughter Featurette
David Lean: A Self Portrait
Ryan's Daughter
Pasternak
Moscow in Madrid
Doctor Zhivago
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago
Wind, Sand and Star
Lawrence of Arabia
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
...On Seeing Film
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Summertime
Hobson's Choice
The Sound Barrier
Madeleine
The Passionate Friends
Oliver Twist
Great Expectations
Brief Encounter
Blithe Spirit
This Happy Breed
In Which We Serve
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
49th Parallel
Major Barbara
Spy for a Day
TV credits · 8
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