David Lean
- Directing
- March 25, 1908 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
- April 16, 1991
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
- Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World · Self
- E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey · Self
- Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast · Self
- Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream · Self
- Talking Pictures · Self
- Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration · Self
- The Making of Lawrence of Arabia · Self
- 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, Screenplay
- Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor · Self, Writer
- The South Bank Show · Self
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... · Self
- Film '72 · Self
- Ryan's Daughter Featurette · Self
- David Lean: A Self Portrait · Self
- Ryan's Daughter · Director
- The Dick Cavett Show · Self
- Omnibus · Self
- Pasternak · Self
- Moscow in Madrid · Self
- Doctor Zhivago · Director
- The Greatest Story Ever Told · Second Unit Director
- David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago · Self
- Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean · Self
- Wind, Sand and Star
- Lawrence of Arabia · Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited), Director
- The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant · Self
- ...On Seeing Film · Self
- The Bridge on the River Kwai · Director
- Summertime · Screenplay, Director
- Hobson's Choice · Director, Producer
- Reflets de Cannes · Self
- The Oscars · Self
- The Sound Barrier · Director, Producer
- Madeleine · Director
- The Passionate Friends · Adaptation, Director
- Oliver Twist · Director, Screenplay
- Great Expectations · Director, Screenplay
- Brief Encounter · Director, Additional Writing
- Blithe Spirit · Director, Screenplay
- This Happy Breed · Director, Screenplay
- In Which We Serve · Director
- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing · Editing
- 49th Parallel · Editing
- Major Barbara · Assistant Director
- Spy for a Day · Editing
- French Without Tears · Editing
- Spies of the Air · Editing
- Pygmalion · Editing
- The Wife of General Ling · Editing
- Dreaming Lips · Editing
- As You Like It · Editing
- Ball at Savoy · Editing
- The Crouching Beast · Editing
- Escape Me Never · Editing
- The King of Paris · Editing
- Tiger Bay · Editing
- The Secret of the Loch · Editing
- Dangerous Ground · Editing
- The Fortunate Fool · Editing
- Song of the Plough · Editing
- Money for Speed · Editing
- The Ghost Camera · Editing
- Insult · Editing
- These Charming People · Editing
- The Night Porter · Editing
- Sailors Don't Care · Assistant Camera
- Quinneys · Production Runner