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 ed 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 age 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 72
Movies 66
self 29
Director 17
TV Shows 6
Producer 1
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 age 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 Oscars (1953)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
Madeleine (1950)
The ionate Friends (1949)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Great Expectations (1946)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Blithe Spirit (1945)
This Happy Breed (1944)
In Which We Serve (1942)
49th Parallel (1941)
Major Barbara (1941)
Spy for a Day (1940)
Pygmalion (1939)
Dreaming Lips (1937)
As You Like It (1936)
Ball at Savoy (1936)
Escape Me Never (1935)
Tiger Bay (1934)
Money for Speed (1933)
Sailors Don't Care (1928)
Quinneys (1927)
Epic – The Life & Times of David Lean
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-03-25
Deathday
1991-04-16 (83 years old)
Birth Place
Croydon, United Kingdom
Height
185-centimeter
Relationships
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/4f4d7b6ba7c07cc36aa1b011fbe77c1e (1990 - 1991), http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/58fe140b74403e4d1b42bd48d32168f0 (1930 - 1936), http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/6cbb08823ac3267d7c49ddeb30d193e9 (1960 - 1978), http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/fdc4b21ff604299fb75c422b4271b495 (1981 - 1984), Ann Todd (1949 - 1957), Kay Walsh (1940 - 1949)
Mother
Helena Tangye
Siblings
Edward Tangye Lean
Citizenships
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known As
데이비드 린, 大卫·里恩
Awards
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, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, AFI Life Achievement Award, Golden Bear, Academy Award for Best Director
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