David Lean

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1908-03-25 – 1991-04-16 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

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).

• Arabistanlı Lawrence (1962) — Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited), Director, Producer
• Kwai Köprüsü (1957) — Director
• Doktor Jivago (1965) — Director
• Kısa Buluşma (1945) — Director, Additional Writing
• Büyük Umutlar (1946) — Director, Screenplay
• Hindistan'a Bir Geçit (1984) — Director, Screenplay, Editor
• Izdırap Çocuğu (1948) — Director, Screenplay
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) — Second Unit Director
• İrlandalı Kız (1970) — Director
• Venedik Tatili (1955) — Director, Screenplay
• Ben Çağırmadım (1945) — Director, Screenplay
• Hobson's Choice (1954) — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• Çiçekci Kız - Bir Kadın Yarattım (1938) — Editor
• 49th Parallel (1941) — Editor
• Denizler Hâkimi (1942) — Director
• This Happy Breed (1944) — Director, Screenplay
• The Passionate Friends (1949) — Director, Adaptation
• The Sound Barrier (1952) — Director, Producer
• One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) — Editor
• Madeleine (1950) — Director
• Major Barbara (1941) — Assistant Director
• The Ghost Camera (1933) — Editor
• As You Like It (1936) — Editor
• Escape Me Never (1935) — Editor