Known For
Directing
Born
Mar 25, 1908
Died
Apr 16, 1991
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Credits
70 titles
David Lean
Biography
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
Filmography
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Self (archive footage)
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
Self (Archive Footage)
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Self (archive footage)
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
A Passage to India
Director
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
himself
The South Bank Show
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Film '72
Self
David Lean: A Self Portrait
Self
Ryan's Daughter Featurette
Self
Ryan's Daughter
Director
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Omnibus
Self
Moscow in Madrid
Self
Pasternak
Self (archive footage)
Doctor Zhivago
Director
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Second Unit Director
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
Self
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago
Self
Wind, Sand and Star
Lawrence of Arabia
Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited)
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
...On Seeing Film
Self
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Director
Summertime
Screenplay
Hobson's Choice
Director
Reflets de Cannes
Self
The Oscars
Self
The Sound Barrier
Director
Madeleine
Director
The Passionate Friends
Director
Oliver Twist
Director
Great Expectations
Screenplay
Brief Encounter
Director
Blithe Spirit
Director
This Happy Breed
Director
In Which We Serve
Director
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Editor
49th Parallel
Editor
Major Barbara
Assistant Director
Spy for a Day
Editor
French Without Tears
Editor
Spies of the Air
Editor