Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1908-03-25
Day of Death
1991-04-16
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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).
Filmography (20)
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
2026
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
2017
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
2010
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2001The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
1979
David Lean: A Self Portrait
1971Ryan's Daughter Featurette
1970
Pasternak
1965
