David Lean
Directing
Born 1908-03-25
Died 1991-04-16
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
70 credits
Academy Awards 2
Golden Globe Awards 1
BAFTA Awards 1
Directors Guild of America 1
Knight Bachelor 1
Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts 1
National Board of Review Award for Best Film 1
AFI Life Achievement Award 1
Awards
Won 2 Academy Awards
Academy Awards 2 won · 9 nominated
- 1985 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated A Passage to India
- 1985 Best Director Nominated A Passage to India
- 1985 Best Film Editing Nominated A Passage to India
- 1966 Best Director Nominated Doctor Zhivago
- 1963 Best Director Won Lawrence of Arabia
- 1958 Best Director Won The Bridge on the River Kwai
- 1956 Best Director Nominated Summertime
- 1948 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated Great Expectations
- 1948 Best Director Nominated Great Expectations
- 1947 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated Brief Encounter
- 1947 Best Director Nominated Brief Encounter
Golden Globe Awards 1 won
- 1957 Best Director Won The Bridge on the River Kwai
BAFTA Awards 1 won
- 1974 BAFTA Fellowship Won
Directors Guild of America 1 won
- — Award Won
Knight Bachelor 1 won
- — Knight Bachelor Won
Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts 1 won
- — Distinguished Service to the Arts Won
National Board of Review Award for Best Film 1 won
- — Best Film Won
AFI Life Achievement Award 1 won
- 1990 AFI Life Achievement Award Won
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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).
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Filmography
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Directing
17 credits
Lawrence of Arabia
Doctor Zhivago
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Brief Encounter
Oliver Twist
Great Expectations
A Passage to India
Ryan's Daughter
Blithe Spirit
Hobson's Choice
Summertime
This Happy Breed
The Passionate Friends
In Which We Serve
The Sound Barrier
Madeleine
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
Acting
27 credits
The Dick Cavett Show
Omnibus
The Oscars
Film '72
The South Bank Show
Lawrence of Arabia
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Talking Pictures
Brief Encounter
Reflets de Cannes
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
The Passionate Friends
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Pasternak
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Moscow in Madrid
David Lean: A Life in Film
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
Sailors Don't Care
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
Other credits
21 credits
The Greatest Story Ever Told
A Passage to India
49th Parallel
Pygmalion
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Dangerous Ground
As You Like It
These Charming People
Escape Me Never
Major Barbara
Song of the Plough
The Wife of General Ling
Tiger Bay
The Fortunate Fool
The Night Porter
Ball at Savoy
Spy for a Day
Money for Speed
The Crouching Beast
Dreaming Lips
Wind Sand and Star
Writing
8 credits
Oliver Twist
Great Expectations
A Passage to India
Blithe Spirit
Hobson's Choice
Summertime
This Happy Breed
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
Producing
2 credits
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