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 As
Movie Appearances
Pasternak
as Self (archive footage)
1965
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Moscow in Madrid
as Self
1965
Wind Sand and Star
1963
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
as Self (archive footage)
2019
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
as Self
1958
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
as Self (Archive Footage)
2010
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
as himself
1979
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago
as Self
1965
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
as Self
1965
Ryan's Daughter Featurette
as Self
1970
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
1985
Lawrence of Arabia
as Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited)
1962
David Lean: A Self Portrait
as Self
1971
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Self
1985
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2020
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2019
...On Seeing Film
as Self
1958
