David Lean

Directing

Born: 1908-03-25

Died: 1991-04-16

From: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Gender: Male

Height: 185.00 m

Popularity: 0.9

Also Known As

데이비드 린大卫·里恩

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).

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Awards & Nominations11 won · 11 nominated

🏆 Won

AFI Life Achievement Award

1990

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Film Editing

A Passage to India

1985

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

A Passage to India

1985

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

A Passage to India

1985

🏆 Won

BAFTA Fellowship

1974

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

Doctor Zhivago

1966

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Director

Lawrence of Arabia

1963

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

Lawrence of Arabia

1963

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Director

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1958

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1958

🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Director

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

Summertime

1956

🏆 Won

Golden Bear

Hobson's Choice

1954

🏆 Won

Commander of the Order of the British Empire

1953

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Great Expectations

1948

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

Great Expectations

1948

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Brief Encounter

1947

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

Brief Encounter

1947

🏆 Won

Directors Guild of America Award

🏆 Won

National Board of Review Award for Best Film

🏆 Won

Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts

🏆 Won

Knight Bachelor

David Lean

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations11 won · 11 nominated

Acting24 titles

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean

The Making of Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

Omnibus

Moscow in Madrid

E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey

Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor

Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World

The Oscars

The Dick Cavett Show

Pasternak

Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Talking Pictures

David Lean: A Life in Film

The South Bank Show

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

Reflets de Cannes

Wind Sand and Star

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant

Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration

David Lean: A Self Portrait

Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean

...On Seeing Film

Directing19 titles

Lawrence of Arabia

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Brief Encounter

Doctor Zhivago

Oliver Twist

Hobson's Choice

Great Expectations

Ryan's Daughter

This Happy Breed

Blithe Spirit

Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor

Madeleine

The Passionate Friends

Major Barbara

In Which We Serve

A Passage to India

Summertime

The Sound Barrier

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Writing9 titles

Oliver Twist

Hobson's Choice

Great Expectations

This Happy Breed

Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor

Blithe Spirit

The Passionate Friends

Summertime

A Passage to India

Production2 titles

Hobson's Choice

The Sound Barrier

Editing22 titles

Money for Speed

These Charming People

The Crouching Beast

Song of the Plough

Dangerous Ground

Dreaming Lips

French Without Tears

The Night Porter

Ball at Savoy

49th Parallel

Pygmalion

Insult

A Passage to India

Spies of the Air

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Tiger Bay