# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-lean
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:30:48.681Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-lean"
name: "David Lean"
slug: "david-lean"
description: "Sir David Lean was an English filmmaker and editor, widely considered one of the most important figures of British cinema. He directed the large-scale epics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970), and A Passage to India (1984). He also directed the film adaptations of Charles Dickens novels Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948), as well as the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945)."
tagline: "British film director (1908–1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DavidLean1965.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1908-03-25"
deathDate: "1991-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump