David Lean

David Lean

Directing
🎂 1908-03-25 (83 years old at death)
✝️ 1991-04-16
📍 Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
👤 Male
🎬 15 Movies
🔗 IMDb
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).

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Filmography (15 movies)

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