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David Lean

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British film director (1908-1991)

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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).

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Anthony Quinn and Omar Sharif in Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Anthony Quinn and Omar Sharif in Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Lean in Northern Finland in 1965 while shooting Doctor ZhivagoLean in Northern Finland in 1965 while shooting Doctor ZhivagoLean and Omar Sharif arriving to Joensuu, Finland, to shoot Doctor Zhivago, March 1965Lean and Omar Sharif arriving to Joensuu, Finland, to shoot Doctor Zhivago, March 1965

Filmography 35

Lawrence of Arabia1962 · ★ 8.0
The Bridge on the River Kwai1957 · ★ 7.8
Doctor Zhivago1965 · ★ 7.6
Brief Encounter1945 · ★ 7.7
Great Expectations1946 · ★ 7.3
A Passage to India1984 · ★ 6.8
Oliver Twist1948 · ★ 7.6
Ryan's Daughter1970 · ★ 7.1
Blithe Spirit1945 · ★ 7.0
Summertime1955 · ★ 6.8
Hobson's Choice1954 · ★ 7.4
In Which We Serve1942 · ★ 6.8
This Happy Breed1944 · ★ 7.1
The Passionate Friends1949 · ★ 6.9
The Sound Barrier1952 · ★ 6.5
Madeleine1950
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast2019
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream2017
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World2020
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio1985
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia2001
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor1979
Pasternak1965
Moscow in Madrid1965
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean1965
David Lean: A Life in Film1985
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey2019
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago1965
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean2026
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration2010
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant1958
Wind Sand and Star1963
David Lean: A Self Portrait1971
...On Seeing Film1958
Ryan's Daughter Featurette1970

84 credits on file

Television 7

The Dick Cavett Show1968
The Oscars1953
Omnibus1967
The South Bank Show1978
Talking Pictures2013
The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973
Reflets de Cannes1954

Awards 11

1990AFI Life Achievement Award
1974BAFTA Fellowship
1963Academy Award for Best Director
1958Academy Award for Best Director
1957Golden Globe Award for Best Director
1954Golden Bear
1953Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Directors Guild of America Award
National Board of Review Award for Best Film
Knight Bachelor
Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts

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Katharine HepburnAlso in Summertime (1955)Jean SimmonsAlso in Great Expectations (1946)Noël CowardAlso in Blithe Spirit (1945)Diana DorsAlso in Oliver Twist (1948)Prunella ScalesAlso in Hobson's Choice (1954)Claude RainsAlso in The Passionate Friends (1949)

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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).

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1991 · aged 83
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