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).
Filmography
Cast Credits
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Character: Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2020
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Character: Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2019
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2017
Talking Pictures
Character: Self (archive footage)
TV • 2013
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
MOVIE • 2010
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2000
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward
Character: Self (archival footage)
MOVIE • 1992
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1985
David Lean: A Life in Film
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1985
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
Character: himself
MOVIE • 1979
The South Bank Show
Character: Self
TV • 1978
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character: Self
TV • 1973
David Lean: A Self Portrait
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1971
Ryan's Daughter Featurette
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1970
The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
TV • 1968
Omnibus
Character: Self
TV • 1967
Pasternak
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 1965
Moscow in Madrid
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1965
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1965
Crew
Crew Credits
A Passage to India
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1984
A Passage to India
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1984
A Passage to India
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 1984
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1979
Ryan's Daughter
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1970
Doctor Zhivago
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Role: Second Unit Director
MOVIE • 1965
Lawrence of Arabia
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1962
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1957
Summertime
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1955
Summertime
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1955
Hobson's Choice
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1954
Hobson's Choice
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1954
Hobson's Choice
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1954
The Sound Barrier
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1952
The Sound Barrier
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1952
Madeleine
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1950
The Passionate Friends
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1949
The Passionate Friends
Role: Adaptation
MOVIE • 1949