As Actor
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2000
10.0
David Lean
Acting
Birth date
March 25, 1908
Birth place
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Death date
April 16, 1991
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).
Featured in
As Actor
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985
6.0
As Director, As Writer
A Passage to India
1984
6.8
As Director
Ryan's Daughter
1970
7.1
As Director
Doctor Zhivago
1965
7.5
As Director
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
8.0
As Director
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
7.8
As Director, As Writer
Summertime
1955
6.8
As Director, As Writer
Hobson's Choice
1954
7.3
As Director
The Sound Barrier
1952
6.5
As Director
Madeleine
1950
6.7
As Director, As Writer
Oliver Twist
1948
7.5
As Director, As Writer
Great Expectations
1946
7.3
As Director
Brief Encounter
1945
7.7
As Director, As Writer
Blithe Spirit
1945
7.0