David Lean
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).
Acting
Movie
Lawrence of Arabia
as Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited)
1962
TV
The Oscars
as Self
1953
TV
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
TV
Omnibus
as Self
1967
Movie
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
as Self (archive footage)
2017
TV
The South Bank Show
as Self
1978
Movie
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2019
TV
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Movie
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2020
TV
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
Movie
Pasternak
as Self (archive footage)
1965
Movie
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Movie
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
as himself
1979
Movie
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
1985
TV
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
1954
Movie
Moscow in Madrid
as Self
1965
Movie
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Movie
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
as Self
1965
Movie
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago
as Self
1965
Movie
David Lean: A Life in Film
as Self
1985
Movie
Wind Sand and Star
1963
Movie
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
as Self
1958
Movie
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
as Self (Archive Footage)
2010
Movie
Ryan's Daughter Featurette
as Self
1970
Crew
Movie
Lawrence of Arabia
Director
1962
Movie
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Director
1957
Movie
Doctor Zhivago
Director
1965
Movie
Brief Encounter
Director
1945
Movie
Great Expectations
Screenplay
1946
Movie
A Passage to India
Director
1984
Movie
Oliver Twist
Director
1948
Movie
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Second Unit Director
1965
Movie
Ryan's Daughter
Director
1970
Movie
Summertime
Screenplay
1955
Movie
Blithe Spirit
Director
1945
Movie
Hobson's Choice
Director
1954