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David Lean

Director

David Lean

Directing
1942 — 1984 · 16 films
Lived
25 March 1908 — d. 1991
From
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).

Career Signature

How David Lean’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.