David Lean filmography

David Lean and Omar Sharif during the photography of Doctor Zhivago in 1965

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). ^[1] 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) ^{[2] [3]} and was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1990.

Filmography

As director

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Ref.
1942	In Which We Serve	Yes	No	[4]
1944	This Happy Breed	Yes	Yes	[5]
1945	Blithe Spirit	Yes	Yes	[6]
	Brief Encounter	Yes	Yes	[7]
1946	Great Expectations	Yes	Yes	[8]
1948	Oliver Twist	Yes	Yes	[9]
1949	The Passionate Friends	Yes	Yes	[10]
1950	Madeleine	Yes	No	[11]
1952	The Sound Barrier	Yes	No	[12]
1954	Hobson's Choice	Yes	Yes	[13]
1955	Summertime	Yes	Yes	[14]
1957	The Bridge on the River Kwai	Yes	No	[15]
1962	Lawrence of Arabia	Yes	No	[16]
1965	Doctor Zhivago	Yes	No	[17]
1970	Ryan's Daughter	Yes	No	[18]
1979	Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor	Yes	Yes	[19]
1984	A Passage to India	Yes	Yes	[20]

As editor only

Year	Title
1930	The Night Porter
1931	These Charming People
1932	Insult
1933	The Fortunate Fool
	The Ghost Camera
	Song of the Plough
	Matinee Idol
	Money for Speed
1934	Tiger Bay
	The Secret of the Loch
	Dangerous Ground
	Java Head
1935	Escape Me Never
	The Crouching Beast
1936	As You Like It
	Ball at Savoy
1937	Dreaming Lips
	The Wife of General Ling
	The Last Adventurers
1938	Pygmalion
1940	French Without Tears
	Spies of the Air
1941	Major Barbara
	49th Parallel
1942	One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Recurring collaborators

Work Actor	1942	1944	1945		1946	1948	1949	1950	1952	1954	1955	1957	1962	1965	1970	1984
	In Which We Serve	This Happy Breed	Blithe Spirit	Brief Encounter	Great Expectations	Oliver Twist	The Passionate Friends	Madeleine	The Sound Barrier	Hobson's Choice	Summertime	The Bridge on the River Kwai	Lawrence of Arabia	Doctor Zhivago	Ryan's Daughter	A Passage to India
Celia Johnson †
John Mills †
Robin Burns†	U	U				U
Kay Walsh †
Joyce Carey †
Noël Coward †			VU	VU
Johnnie Schofield †			U
Everley Gregg †
Bernard Miles †
Kathleen Harrison †
John Boxer †								U
Caven Watson†								U
James Donald †
Jack May†		U		U	U
Stanley Holloway †
Eileen Erskine †
Amy Veness †								U
Robert Newton †
Jack Sharp†		U											U
Trevor Howard †
Frederick Kelsey†				U				U
Ivor Barnard †
Edie Martin †										U
Alec Guinness †
Francis L. Sullivan †
Albert Chevalier†						U		U
Henry Edwards †								U
Anthony Newley †								U
Gibb McLaughlin †
Erik Chitty †						U
Ann Todd †
Claude Rains †
John Laurie †								U
André Morrell †											U
Ned Lynch†								U					U
Joseph Tomelty †
Robert Brooks Turner†									U	U
Ralph Richardson †
Himself†											U		U
Jack Hawkins †
Robert Rietti †													VU	VU
Omar Sharif †

References

1. Bergan, Ronald (2006). Film . London: Doring Kindersley. p.  321. ISBN   9781405312806.
2. The BFI 100: 1–10. British Film Institute. (6 September 2006). Retrieved on 2011-05-29.
3. The BFI 100: 11–20 Archived 3 June 2004 at the Wayback Machine Bfi.org.uk (6 September 2006). Retrieved on 2011-05-29.
4. "In Which We Serve". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
5. "This Happy Breed". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
6. "Blithe Spirit". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
7. "Brief Encounter". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
8. "Great Expectations". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
9. "Oliver Twist". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
10. "The Passionate Friends". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
11. "Madeline". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
12. "The Sound Berrier". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
13. "Hobsons choice". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
14. "Summertime". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
15. "The Bridge on the River Kwai". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
16. "Lawrence of Arabia". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
17. "Doctor Zhivago". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
18. "Ryan's Daughter". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
19. "A 'Lost' Treasure: David Lean's documentary 'Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor'". Cinephilia & Beyond. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
20. "A Passage to India". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 27 December 2021.

External links

• David Lean filmography at IMDb  

Preceded by George Stevens for Giant	Academy Award for Best Director 1957 for The Bridge on the River Kwai	Succeeded by Vincente Minnelli for Gigi
Preceded by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins for West Side Story	Academy Award for Best Director 1962 for Lawrence of Arabia	Succeeded by Tony Richardson for Tom Jones