David Lean
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).
17 directing credits · 27 acting credits
Directing · 17
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Doctor Zhivago
1965
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
Oliver Twist
1948
Great Expectations
1946
Brief Encounter
1945
Ryan's Daughter
1970
A Passage to India
1984
Madeleine
1950
This Happy Breed
1944
Summertime
1955
Hobson's Choice
1954
The Passionate Friends
1949
Blithe Spirit
1945
In Which We Serve
1942
The Sound Barrier
1952
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
1979
Acting · 27
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Omnibus
1967
The Oscars
1953
The South Bank Show
1978
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Reflets de Cannes
1954
Talking Pictures
2013
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
2010
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2001
Moscow in Madrid
1965
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
Pasternak
1965
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
2019
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
2026
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
1979
...On Seeing Film
1958
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
2017
David Lean: A Self Portrait
1971
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago
1965
Wind Sand and Star
1963
Ryan's Daughter Featurette
1970