David Lean

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1908-03-25

Deathday 1991-04-16 (83 years old)

Place of Birth Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Also Known As 데이비드 린, 大卫·里恩

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).

Known For

Director

1984
A Passage to India

as Director

1970
Ryan's Daughter

as Director

1965
Doctor Zhivago

as Director

1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Second Unit Director

1962
Lawrence of Arabia

as Director

1955
Summertime

as Director

1954
Hobson's Choice

as Director

1952
The Sound Barrier

as Director

1950
Madeleine

as Director

1949
1948
Oliver Twist

as Director

1946
Great Expectations

as Director

1945
Brief Encounter

as Director

1945
Blithe Spirit

as Director

1944
This Happy Breed

as Director

1942
In Which We Serve

as Director

1941
Major Barbara

as Assistant Director

Actor

Epic – The Life & Times of David Lean

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2019
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2017
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

2010
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration

as Self (Archive Footage)

2003
The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia'

as Self (archive footage)

2000
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia

as Self (archive footage)

1992
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward

as Self (archival footage)

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1965
Pasternak

as Himself

1965
1962
Lawrence of Arabia

as Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited)

1954
1953
The Oscars

as Self

Editor

1984
1941
49th Parallel

as Editor

1940
1940
Spy for a Day

as Editor

1939
Pygmalion

as Editor

1939
1937
Dreaming Lips

as Editor

1936
As You Like It

as Editor

1936
Ball at Savoy

as Editor

1935
Escape Me Never

as Editor

1935
1934
1934
1934
Tiger Bay

as Editor

1933
1933
1933
Money for Speed

as Editor

1933
1931
1930

Writer

1984
A Passage to India

as Screenplay

1955
Summertime

as Screenplay

1954
Hobson's Choice

as Screenplay

1949
1948
Oliver Twist

as Screenplay

1946
Great Expectations

as Screenplay

1945
Blithe Spirit

as Screenplay

1944
This Happy Breed

as Screenplay

Producer

1954
Hobson's Choice

as Producer

1952
The Sound Barrier

as Producer

1927
Quinneys

as Production Runner

Crew

1945
Brief Encounter

as Additional Writing

Camera

1928
Sailors Don't Care

as Assistant Camera