03/25/1908
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK:
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.
A Passage to India (1984) Director |
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A Passage to India (1984) Screenplay |
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A Passage to India (1984) Editor |
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Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor (1979) Director |
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Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor (1979) Writer |
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Ryan's Daughter (1970) Director |
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Doctor Zhivago (1965) Director |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) Second Unit Director |
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Director |
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Director |
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Summertime (1955) Director |
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Summertime (1955) Screenplay |
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Hobson's Choice (1954) Director |
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Hobson's Choice (1954) Screenplay |
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Hobson's Choice (1954) Producer |
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The Sound Barrier (1952) Director |
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The Sound Barrier (1952) Producer |
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Madeleine (1950) Director |
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The Passionate Friends (1949) Director |
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The Passionate Friends (1949) Adaptation |
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Oliver Twist (1948) Director |
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Oliver Twist (1948) Screenplay |
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Great Expectations (1946) Director |
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Great Expectations (1946) Screenplay |
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Brief Encounter (1945) Director |
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Brief Encounter (1945) Additional Writing |
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Blithe Spirit (1945) Director |
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Blithe Spirit (1945) Screenplay |
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This Happy Breed (1944) Director |
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This Happy Breed (1944) Screenplay |
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In Which We Serve (1942) Director |
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) Editor |
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49th Parallel (1941) Editor |
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Major Barbara (1941) Assistant Director |
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Spy for a Day (1940) Editor |
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French Without Tears (1940) Editor |
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Spies of the Air (1939) Editor |
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Pygmalion (1939) Editor |
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The Wife of General Ling (1937) Editor |
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Dreaming Lips (1937) Editor |
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As You Like It (1936) Editor |
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Ball at Savoy (1936) Editor |
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The Crouching Beast (1935) Editor |
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Escape Me Never (1935) Editor |
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The King of Paris (1934) Editor |
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Tiger Bay (1934) Editor |
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The Secret of the Loch (1934) Editor |
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Dangerous Ground (1934) Editor |
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The Fortunate Fool (1933) Editor |
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Song of the Plough (1933) Editor |
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Money for Speed (1933) Editor |
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The Ghost Camera (1933) Editor |
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These Charming People (1931) Editor |
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The Night Porter (1930) Editor |
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Sailors Don't Care (1928) Assistant Camera |
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Quinneys (1927) Production Runner |