David Lean

Birthday:

03/25/1908

Place of birth:

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Lean, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.



Credits

A Passage to India (1984)
Director
A Passage to India (1984)
Screenplay
A Passage to India (1984)
Editor
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor (1979)
Director
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor (1979)
Writer
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Director
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Director
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Second Unit Director
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Director
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Director
Summertime (1955)
Director
Summertime (1955)
Screenplay
Hobson's Choice (1954)
Director
Hobson's Choice (1954)
Screenplay
Hobson's Choice (1954)
Producer
The Sound Barrier (1952)
Director
The Sound Barrier (1952)
Producer
Madeleine (1950)
Director
The Passionate Friends (1949)
Director
The Passionate Friends (1949)
Adaptation
Oliver Twist (1948)
Director
Oliver Twist (1948)
Screenplay
Great Expectations (1946)
Director
Great Expectations (1946)
Screenplay
Brief Encounter (1945)
Director
Brief Encounter (1945)
Additional Writing
Blithe Spirit (1945)
Director
Blithe Spirit (1945)
Screenplay
This Happy Breed (1944)
Director
This Happy Breed (1944)
Screenplay
In Which We Serve (1942)
Director
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
Editor
49th Parallel (1941)
Editor
Major Barbara (1941)
Assistant Director
Spy for a Day (1940)
Editor
French Without Tears (1940)
Editor
Spies of the Air (1939)
Editor
Pygmalion (1939)
Editor
The Wife of General Ling (1937)
Editor
Dreaming Lips (1937)
Editor
As You Like It (1936)
Editor
Ball at Savoy (1936)
Editor
The Crouching Beast (1935)
Editor
Escape Me Never (1935)
Editor
The King of Paris (1934)
Editor
Tiger Bay (1934)
Editor
The Secret of the Loch (1934)
Editor
Dangerous Ground (1934)
Editor
The Fortunate Fool (1933)
Editor
Song of the Plough (1933)
Editor
Money for Speed (1933)
Editor
The Ghost Camera (1933)
Editor
These Charming People (1931)
Editor
The Night Porter (1930)
Editor
Sailors Don't Care (1928)
Assistant Camera
Quinneys (1927)
Production Runner