David Lean
Known For
Directing
Born
1908-03-25 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Died
1991-04-16
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).
Most Known For
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
as Self
Omnibus
as Self
The South Bank Show
as Self
Lawrence of Arabia
as Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Pasternak
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
as Self (Archive Footage)
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Self
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
as Self (archive footage)
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
as Self
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
as Self (archive footage)
Wind Sand and Star
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
as Self (archive footage)
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
as Self