The following is a filmography of David Lean, whose body of work in the film industry spanned the period from 1930 to 1984. This list includes the release year of the film, the role(s) Lean had in the production of each film, and additional notes such as awards and nominations. Lean directed 17 feature films in total. Lean often directed the large-scale epics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984). He also directed two adaptations of Charles Dickens novels, Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948), as well as the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945).
Originally a film editor in the early 1930s, Lean made his directorial debut with 1942's In Which We Serve, which was the first of four collaborations with Noël Coward. Beginning with Summertime in 1955, Lean began to make internationally co-produced films financed by the big Hollywood studios; in 1970, however, the critical failure of his film Ryan's Daughter led him to take a fourteen-year break from filmmaking, during which he planned a number of film projects which never came to fruition. In 1984 he had a career revival with A Passage to India, adapted from E. M. Forster's novel, it was an instant hit with critics but proved to be the last film Lean would direct.
He received seven Academy Award for Best Director nominations, which he won 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)The BFI 100: 1–10. British Film Institute. (6 September 2006). Retrieved on 2011-05-29.The BFI 100: 11–20 Bfi.org.uk (6 September 2006). Retrieved on 2011-05-29. and was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1990.
Filmography As director Year Title Director Writer Ref. 1942 In Which We Serve 1944 This Happy Breed 1945 Blithe Spirit Brief Encounter 1946 Great Expectations 1948 Oliver Twist 1949 The Passionate Friends 1950 Madeleine 1952 The Sound Barrier 1954 Hobson's Choice 1955 Summertime 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai 1962 Lawrence of Arabia 1965 Doctor Zhivago 1970 Ryan's Daughter 1979 Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor 1984 A Passage to India
As editor only Year Title 1930 The Night Porter 1931 These Charming People 1932 Insult1933 The Fortunate Fool The Ghost Camera Song of the Plough Matinee Idol Money for Speed1934 Tiger Bay The Secret of the Loch Dangerous Ground Java Head1935 Escape Me Never The Crouching Beast1936 As You Like It Ball at Savoy1937 Dreaming Lips The Wife of General Ling The Last Adventurers 1938 Pygmalion1940 French Without Tears Spies of the Air1941 Major Barbara 49th Parallel 1942 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Recurring collaborators rowspan=2 Total roles Celia Johnson 3 John Mills 5 Robin Burns 3 Kay Walsh 3 Joyce Carey 3 Noël Coward 3 Johnnie Schofield 2 Everley Gregg 3 Bernard Miles 2 Kathleen Harrison 2 John Boxer 3 Caven Watson 2 James Donald 2 Jack May 4 Stanley Holloway 2 Eileen Erskine 2 Amy Veness 3 Robert Newton 2 Jack Sharp 2 Trevor Howard 3 Frederick Kelsey 2 Ivor Barnard 3 Edie Martin 3 Alec Guinness 6 Francis L. Sullivan 2 Albert Chevalier 2 Henry Edwards 2 Anthony Newley 2 Gibb McLaughlin 2 Erik Chitty 2 Ann Todd 3 Claude Rains 2 John Laurie 2 André Morell 3 Ned Lynch 2 Joseph Tomelty 2 Robert Brooks Turner 2 Ralph Richardson 2 Himself 2 Jack Hawkins 2 Robert Rietti 2 Omar Sharif 2
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