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David Lean

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Date of birth
Mar 25, 1908
Date of death
Apr 16, 1991(aged 83)
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David Lean

Biography of David Lean:

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).

David Lean has directed:

A Passage to India(1984)
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor(1979)
Ryan's Daughter(1970)
Doctor Zhivago(1965)
Lawrence of Arabia(1962)
The Bridge on the River Kwai(1957)
Summertime(1955)
Hobson's Choice(1954)
The Sound Barrier(1952)
Madeleine(1950)
The Passionate Friends(1949)
Oliver Twist(1948)
Great Expectations(1946)
Brief Encounter(1945)
Blithe Spirit(1945)
This Happy Breed(1944)
In Which We Serve(1942)

David Lean has acted in:

Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean(2026) ... as Self (archive footage)
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World(2020) ... as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey(2019) ... as Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast(2019) ... as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream(2017) ... as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration(2010) ... as Self (archive footage)
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia(2001) ... as Self (archive footage)
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio(1985) ... as Self
David Lean: A Life in Film(1985) ... as Self
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor(1979) ... as Himself
David Lean: A Self Portrait(1971) ... as Self
Ryan's Daughter Featurette(1970) ... as Self
Pasternak(1965) ... as Self (archive footage)
Moscow in Madrid(1965) ... as Self
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean(1965) ... as Self
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago(1965) ... as Self
Wind Sand and Star(1963)
Lawrence of Arabia(1962) ... as Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited)
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant(1958) ... as Self
...On Seeing Film(1958) ... as Self

Additional credits for David Lean:

A Passage to India(1984)(Screenplay)
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor(1979)(Writer)
The Greatest Story Ever Told(1965)(Second Unit Director)
Summertime(1955)(Screenplay)
Hobson's Choice(1954)(Producer)
The Sound Barrier(1952)(Producer)
The Passionate Friends(1949)(Adaptation)
Oliver Twist(1948)(Screenplay)
Great Expectations(1946)(Screenplay)
Brief Encounter(1945)(Additional Writing)
Blithe Spirit(1945)(Screenplay)
This Happy Breed(1944)(Screenplay)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing(1942)(Editor)
49th Parallel(1941)(Editor)
Major Barbara(1941)(Assistant Director)
Spy for a Day(1940)(Editor)
French Without Tears(1940)(Editor)
Spies of the Air(1939)(Editor)
Pygmalion(1938)(Editor)
The Wife of General Ling(1937)(Editor)
Dreaming Lips(1937)(Editor)
As You Like It(1936)(Editor)
Ball at Savoy(1936)(Editor)
The Crouching Beast(1935)(Editor)
Escape Me Never(1935)(Editor)
The King of Paris(1934)(Editor)
Tiger Bay(1934)(Editor)
The Secret of the Loch(1934)(Editor)
Dangerous Ground(1934)(Editor)
The Fortunate Fool(1933)(Editor)
Song of the Plough(1933)(Editor)
Money for Speed(1933)(Editor)
The Ghost Camera(1933)(Editor)
Insult(1932)(Editor)
These Charming People(1931)(Editor)
The Night Porter(1930)(Editor)
Sailors Don't Care(1928)(Assistant Camera)
Quinneys(1927)(Production Runner)

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