David Lean

Directing·Mar 25, 1908·Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

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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).

Film	Credit
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean2026 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World2020 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey2019 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast2019 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream2017 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration2010 · Self (Archive Footage)	Self (Archive Footage)
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia2001 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
TThe Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio1985 · Self	Self
David Lean: A Life in Film1985 · Self	Self
A Passage to India1984 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor1979 · himself, Director, Writer	himself, Director, Writer
RRyan's Daughter Featurette1971 · Self	Self
David Lean: A Self Portrait1971 · Self	Self
Ryan's Daughter1970 · Director	Director
Pasternak1965 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Moscow in Madrid1965 · Self	Self
Doctor Zhivago1965 · Director	Director
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean1965 · Self	Self
DDavid Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago1965 · Self	Self
Wind Sand and Star1963 · Actor	Actor
Lawrence of Arabia1962 · Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited), Director	Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited), Director
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant1958 · Self	Self
...On Seeing Film1958 · Self	Self
The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 · Director	Director
Summertime1955 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Hobson's Choice1954 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Sound Barrier1952 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Madeleine1950 · Director	Director
The Passionate Friends1949 · Director	Director
Oliver Twist1948 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Great Expectations1946 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Brief Encounter1945 · Director	Director
Blithe Spirit1945 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
This Happy Breed1944 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
In Which We Serve1942 · Director	Director