David Lean
Directing
Born: 1908-03-25 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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
Omnibus
Self
The South Bank Show
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Oscars
Self
Lawrence of Arabia
Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited)
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Reflets de Cannes
Self
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
Pasternak
Self (archive footage)
Moscow in Madrid
Self
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
Self (Archive Footage)
...On Seeing Film
Self
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
Self (archive footage)
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
Self
David Lean: A Self Portrait
Self
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Self (archive footage)
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Self (archive footage)
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
himself
Wind, Sand and Star
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self