David Lean
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Born March 25, 1908·Died April 16, 1991 (at 83)·Croydon, Surrey, England, UK·Male
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).
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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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the most rated titles across all credits
Filmography
85 credits across 70 titlesDirecting
19 creditsActing
1 creditWriting
9 creditsProduction
3 creditsCamera
1 creditEditing
24 creditsCrew
1 creditAs self
27 creditsTalk shows, festival coverage and documentary appearances, kept out of the acting list.
