About
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...
Known for
Lawrence of ArabiaMovie • 1962
The Bridge on the River KwaiMovie • 1957
Doctor ZhivagoMovie • 1965
Brief EncounterMovie • 1945
The Greatest Story Ever ToldMovie • 1965
Ryan's DaughterMovie • 1970
Oliver TwistMovie • 1948
Great ExpectationsMovie • 1946
A Passage to IndiaMovie • 1984
Blithe SpiritMovie • 1945
Hobson's ChoiceMovie • 1954
The Passionate FriendsMovie • 1949
49th ParallelMovie • 1941
SummertimeMovie • 1955
In Which We ServeMovie • 1942
One of Our Aircraft Is MissingMovie • 1942
PygmalionMovie • 1938
This Happy BreedMovie • 1944
Major BarbaraMovie • 1941
MadeleineMovie • 1950
The Sound BarrierMovie • 1952