Acting credits
24
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
David Lean
Directing
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Movies: 55Series: 7Crew credits: 40
TMDB ID: 12238
IMDb ID: nm0000180
Known for: Directing
Born: March 25, 1908
Died: April 16, 1991
Age: 83
Place of birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1930 - 2026
Years active: 97
Average TMDB rating: 7.08
Wikidata: Q55260
Also known as
데이비드 린 • 大卫·里恩
Other jobs
Editor (21)Director (14)Screenplay (2)Assistant Director (1)Second Unit Director (1)Writer (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with David Lean.
as Self (archive footage)
Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean
2026 • Movie
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey
2019 • Movie
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
2017 • Movie
as Self (Archive Footage)
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
2010 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia
2001 • Movie
as Self
David Lean: A Life in Film
1985 • Movie
Director
A Passage to India
1984 • Movie
as himself
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor
1979 • Movie
as Self
David Lean: A Self Portrait
1971 • Movie
Director
Ryan's Daughter
1970 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Pasternak
1965 • Movie
as Self
Moscow in Madrid
1965 • Movie
Director
Doctor Zhivago
1965 • Movie
Second Unit Director
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 • Movie
as Self
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965 • Movie
Wind Sand and Star
1963 • Movie
as Motorcyclist by Suez Canal (uncredited)
Lawrence of Arabia
1962 • Movie
as Self
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958 • Movie
as Self
...On Seeing Film
1958 • Movie
Director
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 • Movie
Screenplay
Summertime
1955 • Movie
Director
Hobson's Choice
1954 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with David Lean.
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
Talking Pictures
2013 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The South Bank Show
1978 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Omnibus
1967 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Reflets de Cannes
1954 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Oscars
1953 • Series