David Lean
Sir David Lean CBE (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor, best remembered for bringing Charles Dickens's novels to the screen with films such as Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948), and for his big-screen 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).
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Filmography
Selected David Lean film and TV show credits:
Director Credits
1979
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
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Editor Credits
1940
Spies of the Air
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1940
Spy for a Day
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1937
Dreaming Lips
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1937
The Last Adventurers
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1937
The Wife of General Ling
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1936
With Pleasure, Madame
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1935
Escape Me Never
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1935
Turn of the Tide
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1935
The Crouching Beast
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1934
Java Head
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1934
The Secret of the Loch
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1934
Tiger Bay
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1934
Dangerous Ground
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1933
The Ghost Camera
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1933
Matinee Idol
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1933
Money for Speed
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1933
Song of the Plough
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1932
Insult
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1931
These Charming People
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1930
The Night Porter
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Writer Credits
1979
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
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AFI Life Achievement Award
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Academy Award for Best Director
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Academy Award for Best Director
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Golden Globe Award for Best Director
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Films directed by David Lean
A Passage to India (1984)
Blithe Spirit (1945)
Breaking the Sound Barrier (1952)
Brief Encounter (1945)
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Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Great Expectations (1946)
Hobson's Choice (1954)
In Which We Serve (1942)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Madeleine (1950)
Oliver Twist (1948)
One Woman's Story (1949)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Summertime (1955)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
This Happy Breed (1944)
Golden Globe Award for Best Director
David Lean
