David Lean

Director

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...

Born: March 25, 1908 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Died: April 16, 1991 (Age 83)

Streaming Sources for all David Lean Movies & TV Shows

David Lean Movies & TV Credits

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
The South Bank Show TV Show	6.9	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1978-2023
The Dick Cavett Show TV Show Available on 8 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	Self - Guest 1 Episode	1968-1995
Epic – The Life & Times of David Lean Movie		Actor	Self (archive footage)
Omar Sharif - Aus dem Leben eines Nomaden Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	2020
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast Movie	6.6	Actor	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	2019
Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream Movie	6.9	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2017
Talking Pictures TV Show	7.5	Actor	Self (archive footage) 1 Episode	2013
Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration Movie	7.1	Actor	Self (Archive Footage)	2010
The Making of Lawrence of Arabia Movie	6.9	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2000
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward Movie	7	Actor	Self (archival footage)	1992
David Lean: A Life in Film Movie	9.3	Actor	Self	1985
The Golden Gong Movie	6.1	Actor	Self	1985
A Passage to India Movie Available on 20 streaming services.	7.2	Directing	Director, Editor, Screenplay	1984
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor Movie	6.9	Actor	himself	1979
Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor Movie	6.9	Directing	Writer, Director	1979
AFI Life Achievement Award Limited Series	5.6	Actor	Self 1 Episode	1973
David Lean: A Self Portrait TV Special	6.4	Actor	Self	1971
Ryan's Daughter Featurette Movie		Actor	Self	1970
Ryan's Daughter Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	7.2	Directing	Director	1970
Moscow in Madrid Short Film	5.7	Actor	Self	1965
Pasternak Short Film	6.4	Actor	Himself	1965
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean Short Film	6.3	Actor	Self	1965
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago Short Film	6.6	Actor	Self	1965
Doctor Zhivago Movie Available on 21 streaming services.	7.8	Directing	Director	1965