David Lean
Age: 83 | From: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1908-03-25 23:23:22
Death: 1991-04-16 23:23:22
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 70
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
Biography
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). 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. Lean has four films in the top eleven of the British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Lean, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Lawrence of Arabia
(1962) Director
The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965) Director
Doctor Zhivago
(1965) Director
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957) Director
Great Expectations
(1946) Screenplay
Brief Encounter
(1945) Director
Oliver Twist
(1948) Screenplay
Hobson's Choice
(1954) ScreenplayActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Himself (archival footage) | |
| 2020 | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2010 | Self (Archive Footage) | |
| 2003 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1992 | Self (archival footage) | |
| 1985 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1979 | himself | |
| 1978 | Self | |
| 1973 | Self | |
| 1971 | Self | |
| 1968 | Self - Guest | |
| 1965 | Himself | |
| Self | ||
| 1963 | N/A | |
| 1962 | Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited) | |
| 1958 | Self | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Director | |
| 1979 | Director | |
| 1970 | Director | |
| 1965 | Director | |
| Second Unit Director | ||
| 1962 | Director | |
| 1957 | Director | |
| 1955 | Director | |
| 1954 | Director | |
| 1952 | Director | |
| 1950 | Director | |
| 1949 | Director | |
| 1948 | Director | |
| 1946 | Director | |
| 1945 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1944 | Director | |
| 1942 | Director | |
| 1941 | Assistant Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Editor | |
| 1942 | Editor | |
| 1941 | Editor | |
| 1940 | Editor | |
| Editor | ||
| 1939 | Editor | |
| Editor | ||
| 1937 | Editor | |
| Editor | ||
| 1936 | Editor | |
| Editor | ||
| 1935 | Editor | |
| 1934 | Editor | |
| Editor | ||
| Editor | ||
| Editor | ||
| 1933 | Editor | |
| Editor | ||
| Editor | ||
| Editor | ||
| 1931 | Editor | |
| 1930 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Screenplay | |
| 1979 | Writer | |
| 1955 | Screenplay | |
| 1954 | Screenplay | |
| 1949 | Adaptation | |
| 1948 | Screenplay | |
| 1946 | Screenplay | |
| 1945 | Screenplay | |
| 1944 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Producer | |
| 1952 | Producer | |
| 1927 | Production Runner | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Additional Writing | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Assistant Camera | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |