David Lean
Directing
Born March 25, 1908 in 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).
Filmography
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
Self (archive footage)
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
Self (Archive Footage)
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
Self (archive footage)
David Lean: A Life in Film
Self
A Passage to India
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
himself
The South Bank Show
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
David Lean: A Self Portrait
Self
Ryan's Daughter
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Omnibus
Self
Pasternak
Self (archive footage)
Moscow in Madrid
Self
Doctor Zhivago
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
Self
Wind Sand and Star
Lawrence of Arabia
Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited)
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
Self
...On Seeing Film
Self
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Summertime
Hobson's Choice
Reflets de Cannes
Self
The Oscars
Self
The Sound Barrier
Madeleine
The Passionate Friends
Oliver Twist
Great Expectations
Brief Encounter
Blithe Spirit
This Happy Breed
In Which We Serve
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
49th Parallel
Major Barbara
Spy for a Day
French Without Tears
Spies of the Air
Pygmalion
Dreaming Lips
As You Like It
Ball at Savoy
The Crouching Beast
Escape Me Never
Tiger Bay
The Secret of the Loch
Dangerous Ground
The Fortunate Fool
Song of the Plough
Money for Speed
The Ghost Camera
Insult
These Charming People
The Night Porter