David Lean

ActorDirectorEditorWriterDirecting Mar 25 (died age 83) Croydon, Surrey, England, UK 1927–2020 (93 year career)

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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 S…

Known For

Film

Lawrence of Arabia

Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited)

Film

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Director

Film

Doctor Zhivago

Director

Film

Brief Encounter

Additional Writing

Film

Great Expectations

Director

Film

Oliver Twist

Director

Film

A Passage to India

Director

Film

Hobson's Choice

Director

Filmography

Acting (26)

Movies (19)

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

2020

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

7.0

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2019

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

4.6

E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream

2017

as Self (archive footage)

6.4

Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration

2010

as Self (Archive Footage)

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia

2001

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

David Lean: A Life in Film

1985

as Self

6.0

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

1985

as Self

6.0

Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor

1979

as himself

7.0

David Lean: A Self Portrait

1971

as Self

Ryan's Daughter Featurette

1970

as Self

David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago

1965

as Self

Moscow in Madrid

1965

as Self

Pasternak

1965

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean

1965

as Self

Wind Sand and Star

1963

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

as Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited)

8.0

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

1958

as Self

Epic – The Life & Times of David Lean

as Self (archive footage)

Television (7)

Talking Pictures

2013

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

The South Bank Show

1978

as Self

5.6

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Omnibus

as Self

Reflets de Cannes

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (57)

Movies (57)

A Passage to India

Director

A Passage to India

Editor

A Passage to India

Screenplay

Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor

1979

Director

7.0

Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor

Writer

Ryan's Daughter

Director

Doctor Zhivago

Director

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Second Unit Director

Lawrence of Arabia

Director

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Director

Summertime

Director

Summertime

Screenplay

Hobson's Choice

Director

Hobson's Choice

Producer

Hobson's Choice

Screenplay

The Sound Barrier

Director

The Sound Barrier

Producer

Madeleine

Director

The Passionate Friends

1949

Adaptation

6.8

The Passionate Friends

Director

Oliver Twist

Director

Oliver Twist

Screenplay

Great Expectations

Director

Great Expectations

Screenplay

Brief Encounter

Additional Writing

Brief Encounter

Director

Blithe Spirit

Director

Blithe Spirit

Screenplay

This Happy Breed

Director

This Happy Breed

Screenplay

In Which We Serve

Director

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Editor

49th Parallel

Editor

Major Barbara

Assistant Director

Spy for a Day

Editor

French Without Tears

Editor

Spies of the Air

Editor

Pygmalion

Editor

Dreaming Lips

Editor

The Wife of General Ling

Editor

As You Like It

Editor

Ball at Savoy

Editor

Escape Me Never

Editor

The Crouching Beast

Editor

The Secret of the Loch

1934

Editor

5.5

The King of Paris

1934

Editor

Tiger Bay

Editor

Dangerous Ground

Editor

Money for Speed

Editor

The Fortunate Fool

1933

Editor

4.3

Song of the Plough

1933

Editor

The Ghost Camera

1933

Editor

6.2

Insult

1932

Editor

These Charming People

1931

Editor

The Night Porter

1930

Editor

Sailors Don't Care

1928

Assistant Camera

Quinneys

1927

Production Runner