David Lean
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-03-25
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).
Also Known For
Pasternak
Dec 31, 1965
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Apr 02, 2001
Moscow in Madrid
Dec 31, 1965
Wind Sand and Star
Dec 31, 1963
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Oct 19, 2019
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Jan 01, 1958
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
May 04, 2010
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
Dec 31, 1979
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago
Jan 01, 1965
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
Jan 01, 1965
Ryan's Daughter Featurette
Jan 01, 1970
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Jan 01, 1985
Lawrence of Arabia
Dec 11, 1962
David Lean: A Self Portrait
Jan 01, 1971
David Lean: A Life in Film
Jan 01, 1985
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Feb 15, 2020
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
Dec 02, 2017
Epic – The Life & Times of David Lean
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Feb 27, 2019
The South Bank Show
Jan 14, 1978
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Talking Pictures
Jan 05, 2013
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Apr 02, 1973
The Dick Cavett Show
Jun 06, 1968
Reflets de Cannes
Mar 25, 1954
