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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
all 74
Movies 69
self 28
Director 16
TV Shows 5
Producer 1
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special (2023)
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World (2020)
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey (2019)
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream (2017)
Talking Pictures (2013)
A Passage to India (1984)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Summertime (1955)
Hobson's Choice (1954)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
Madeleine (1950)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Blithe Spirit (1945)
This Happy Breed (1944)
In Which We Serve (1942)
Pygmalion (1939)
Tiger Bay (1934)
Matinee Idol (1933)
Insult (1932)
Sailors Don't Care (1928)
Quinneys (1927)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1908-03-25
Deathday1991-04-16 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceCroydon, Surrey, England, UK
Height
Relationshipshttp://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/4f4d7b6ba7c07cc36aa1b011fbe77c1e (1990-12-15 - 1991-04-16), http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/58fe140b74403e4d1b42bd48d32168f0 (1930-06-28 - 1936-01-01), http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/6cbb08823ac3267d7c49ddeb30d193e9 (1960-07-04 - 1978-01-01), http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/fdc4b21ff604299fb75c422b4271b495 (1981-10-28 - 1984-01-01), Ann Todd (1949-05-21 - 1957-01-01), Kay Walsh (1940-11-23 - 1949-01-01)
MotherHelena Tangye
SiblingsEdward Tangye Lean
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known As데이비드 린, 大卫·里恩
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, National Board of Review Award for Best Film, Directors Guild of America Award, Knight Bachelor, Academy Fellowship Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Director, AFI Life Achievement Award, Golden Bear, Academy Award for Best Director
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