David Lean

Portraits (15)
Pygmalion (1938) (1)
In Which We Serve (1942) (9)
This Happy Breed (1944) (22)
Brief Encounter (1945) (6)
Great Expectations (1946) (13)
Oliver Twist (1948) (14)
The Passionate Friends (1948) (15)
Madeleine (1950) (7)
The Sound Barrier (1952) (4)
Hobson's Choice (1953) (4)
Summer Madness (1955) (4)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (6)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (22)
Ryan's Daughter (1970) (3)
A Passage to India (1984) (17)
Stills (43)

Highlighted works

The orphan and the spinster, the marshland and the metropolis: Dickens’s vivid characters and locales receive the breath of cinematic life in David Lean’s cherished adaptation.

Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak’s story of love in the Russian Revolution confirmed David Lean’s standing as the master of the sweeping historical epic.

Oliver Twist

David Lean’s screen version of Charles Dickens’s masterpiece remains the finest cinematic interpretation of this much-adapted novel.

Lawrence of Arabia

An eccentric English officer inspires the Arabs to unite against the Turks during WWI in David Lean’s seven Oscar-winner, an epic in every sense.

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Alec Guinness plays a WWII British colonel whose perverse sense of duty leads him to help his Japanese captors build a bridge.

Brief Encounter

Turbulent passion and middle-class restraint combine in uniquely English style when a married woman falls for a doctor she meets at a railway station.

In Which We Serve

In this wartime tribute to the courage of the British Navy, Noël Coward traces turbulent experiences across the ranks on an ill-fated destroyer.

Filmography

1927

Quinneys [Runner]

1928

The Physician [Camera Assistant]
Palais De Danse [Camera Assistant]
What Money Can Buy [Camera Assistant]
[cast member]
Sailors Don't Care [Camera Assistant]
Balaclava [Wardrobe]
David Lean Screen Test on-screen participant

1929

High Treason [Assistant Director]
High Treason [Assistant Director]

1930

The Night Porter [Editor]

1931

These Charming People Editor

1932

Insult Editor

1933

Song of the Plough Editor
Tiger Bay Editor
Matinee Idol Editor
Money for Speed Editor
[reporter in commentary box]
The Ghost Camera Editing
The Fortunate Fool Editor

1934

Dangerous Ground Editor
The Secret of the Loch Edited by
Java Head Editor
Nell Gwyn [Editing]

1935

1936

Ball at Savoy Editor

1937

1938

Pygmalion Film Editor

1939

French without Tears Supervising Editor
Spies of the Air Editor

1940

Spy for a Day Supervising Editor

1941

Major Barbara Assistant in Direction
[Director of some scenes]
Montage
49th Parallel Editor

1942

In Which We Serve Directed by
"......One of Our Aircraft Is Missing" Editor

1944

This Happy Breed Directed by
[Associate Producer]
Adapted for the screen by

1945

Blithe Spirit Directed by
Adapted for the Screen by
Brief Encounter Director
[Screenplay]

1946

Great Expectations Directed by
Adapted for the Screen by

1948

Oliver Twist Directed by
Screen Play by
The Passionate Friends Director
Adaptation

1950

Madeleine Director
David Lean Home Movies - Italy Photography

1952

The Sound Barrier Directed by
Produced by

1953

Hobson's Choice Directed by
Produced by
Screenplay by

1955

Summer Madness Directed by
Screenplay by

1956

Alexander Korda, Kt. on-screen participant

1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai Directed by

1959

David Lean interviewee

1962

Lawrence of Arabia Directed by
[Restoration] Special Thanks to
[voice of motorcyclist, Suez Canal]
Romance of Arabia [Subject of Film]
On-screen Participant
Wind, Sand and Star on-screen participant

1971

David Lean - A Self-portrait [Subject of Film]
cast member

1972

David Lean Home Movies - Kenya Photography
David Lean Home Movies - Kenya No 2 Photography

1973

David Lean Home Movies - Tahiti No 2 Photography
David Lean Home Movies - Tahiti Photography

1976

Come to Our Home Directed by

1977

A Hidden World Directed by

1978

Lost & Found [Director]
[Written by]
Told by
on-screen participant
Chance Encounter Directed by
on-screen participant

1984

A Passage to India Director
Screenplay
Edited by

1985

David Lean A Life in Film [Subject of Film]
on-screen participant
A Conversation with David Lean cast member

1986

British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 34-37 David Lean Interview Interviewee
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 38-39 David Lean Interview Interviewee
A Marriage of Convenience on-screen participant

1987

Raphael With special thanks to
The Golden Gong on-screen participant

1988

Film 88: Sir David Lean [Subject of Film]
interviewee

1989

Abc of the South Bank Show on-screen participant

1990

A Salute to Sir David Lean [Subject of Film]
on-screen participant
Sir David Lean and Robert Bolt - Insert: Roll 1 on-screen participant
Sir David Lean and Robert Bolt - Insert: Roll 2 on-screen participant
David Lean and Robert Bolt on-screen participant
Sir David Lean and Robert Bolt on-screen participant

1991

Film 91 Special: Francis Ford Coppola on-screen participant
Film 91 Special: David Lean on-screen participant

1996

Ian Johnstone [Subject of Film]

2009

David Lean in close-up with Jonathan Ross [subject of programme]

Unknown year

The Wind Cannot Read Director
NOSTROMO Original director
Mutiny on the Bounty Director
Script
Mutiny on the Bounty Director
Script