Actor
David Lean
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 S ...

Known For
Acting
2020 -- Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2019 -- E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey | Self (archive footage)
2019 -- Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2017 -- Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream | Self (archive footage)
2010 -- Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration | Self (Archive Footage)
2003 -- The Making of 'Lawrence of Arabia' | Self (archive footage)
2000 -- The Making of Lawrence of Arabia | Self (archive footage)
1992 -- The South Bank Show: Noël Coward | Self (archival footage)
1985 -- David Lean: A Life in Film | Self
1985 -- The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio | Self
1979 -- Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor | himself
1971 -- David Lean: A Self Portrait | Self
1970 -- Ryan's Daughter Featurette | Self
1965 -- Moscow in Madrid | Self
1965 -- Pasternak | Himself
1965 -- David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago | Self
1965 -- Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean | Self
1963 -- Wind Sand and Star |
1962 -- Lawrence of Arabia | Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited)
1958 -- The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant | Self
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