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David Lean filmography

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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).{{cite book|last=Bergan|first=Ronald|title=Film|url=https://archive.org/details/filmeyewitnessco00berg|url-access=limited|year=2006|publisher=Doring Kindersley|location=London|isbn=9781405312806|page=[https://archive.org/details/filmeyewitnessco00berg/page/n322 321]}} 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)[https://web.archive.org/web/20000229145115/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/bfi100/1-10.html The BFI 100: 1–10]. British Film Institute. (6 September 2006). Retrieved on 2011-05-29.[http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/bfi100/11-20.html The BFI 100: 11–20] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603080611/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/bfi100/11-20.html|date=3 June 2004}} Bfi.org.uk (6 September 2006). Retrieved on 2011-05-29. and was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1990.

Filmography

As director

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Year

! Title

!width=65| Director

!width=65| Writer

! Ref.

1942

| In Which We Serve

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79162/in-which-we-serve/#overview|title= In Which We Serve|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

1944

| This Happy Breed

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92957/this-happy-breed#overview|title = This Happy Breed|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

rowspan=2|1945

| Blithe Spirit

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69043/blithe-spirit#overview|title= Blithe Spirit|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

Brief Encounter

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69696/brief-encounter/#overview|title= Brief Encounter|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

1946

| Great Expectations

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76862/great-expectations/#overview|title= Great Expectations|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

1948

| Oliver Twist

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/85535/oliver-twist#overview|title= Oliver Twist|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|access-date= 27 December 2021}}

1949

| The Passionate Friends

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/85776/the-passionate-friends/#overview|title= The Passionate Friends|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

1950

| Madeleine

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82325/madeleine/#overview|title= Madeline|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

1952

| The Sound Barrier

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69629/the-sound-barrier#overview|title = The Sound Berrier|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|access-date= 27 December 2021}}

1954

| Hobson's Choice

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78157/hobsons-choice#overview|title= Hobsons choice|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

1955

| Summertime

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91886/summertime/#overview|title= Summertime|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

1957

| The Bridge on the River Kwai

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69690/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai#overview|title= The Bridge on the River Kwai|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

1962

| Lawrence of Arabia

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4455/lawrence-of-arabia#overview|title= Lawrence of Arabia|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

1965

| Doctor Zhivago

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/129/doctor-zhivago/#overview|title= Doctor Zhivago|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

1970

| Ryan's Daughter

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3584/ryans-daughter#overview|title= Ryan's Daughter|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

1979

| Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|{{cite web|url=https://cinephiliabeyond.org/david-lean-documentary-lost-found-the-story-of-cooks-anchor/|title= A 'Lost' Treasure: David Lean’s documentary 'Lost and Found: The Story of Cook’s Anchor'|website= Cinephilia & Beyond|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

1984

| A Passage to India

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86319/a-passage-to-india#overview|title= A Passage to India|publisher= Turner Classic Movies|accessdate= 27 December 2021}}

As editor only

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Year

! Title

1930

| The Night Porter

1931

| These Charming People

1932

| Insult

rowspan=5|1933

| The Fortunate Fool

The Ghost Camera
Song of the Plough
Matinee Idol
Money for Speed
rowspan=4|1934

| Tiger Bay

The Secret of the Loch
Dangerous Ground
Java Head
rowspan=2|1935

| Escape Me Never

The Crouching Beast
rowspan=2|1936

| As You Like It

Ball at Savoy
rowspan=3|1937

| Dreaming Lips

The Wife of General Ling
The Last Adventurers
1938

| Pygmalion

rowspan=2|1940

| French Without Tears

Spies of the Air
rowspan=2|1941

| Major Barbara

49th Parallel
1942

| One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Recurring collaborators

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!colspan="2"| {{small|1945}}

!{{small|1946}}

!{{small|1948}}

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!{{small|1950}}

!{{small|1952}}

!{{small|1954}}

!{{small|1955}}

!{{small|1957}}

!{{small|1962}}

!{{small|1965}}

!{{small|1970}}

!{{small|1984}}

{{verth|In Which We Serve}}

!{{verth|This Happy Breed}}

!{{verth|Blithe Spirit}}

!{{verth|Brief Encounter}}

!{{verth|Great Expectations}}

!{{verth|Oliver Twist}}

!{{verth|The Passionate Friends}}

!{{verth|Madeleine}}

!{{verth|The Sound Barrier}}

!{{verth|Hobson's Choice}}

!{{verth|Summertime}}

!{{verth|The Bridge on the River Kwai}}

!{{verth|Lawrence of Arabia}}

!{{verth|Doctor Zhivago}}

!{{verth|Ryan's Daughter}}

!{{verth|A Passage to India}}

Celia Johnson{{†}}

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! John Mills{{†}}

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! Robin Burns{{†}}

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! Kay Walsh{{†}}

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! Joyce Carey{{†}}

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! Noël Coward{{†}}

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! Johnnie Schofield{{†}}

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! Everley Gregg{{†}}

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! Bernard Miles{{†}}

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! Kathleen Harrison{{†}}

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! John Boxer{{†}}

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! Caven Watson{{†}}

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! James Donald{{†}}

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! Jack May{{†}}

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! Stanley Holloway{{†}}

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! Eileen Erskine{{†}}

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! Amy Veness{{†}}

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! Robert Newton{{†}}

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! Jack Sharp{{†}}

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! Trevor Howard{{†}}

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! Frederick Kelsey{{†}}

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! Ivor Barnard{{†}}

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! Edie Martin{{†}}

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! Alec Guinness{{†}}

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! Francis L. Sullivan{{†}}

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! Albert Chevalier{{†}}

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! Henry Edwards{{†}}

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! Anthony Newley{{†}}

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! Gibb McLaughlin{{†}}

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! Erik Chitty{{†}}

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! Ann Todd{{†}}

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! Claude Rains{{†}}

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! John Laurie{{†}}

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! André Morell{{†}}

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! Ned Lynch{{†}}

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! Joseph Tomelty{{†}}

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! Robert Brooks Turner{{†}}

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! Ralph Richardson{{†}}

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! Himself{{†}}

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! Jack Hawkins{{†}}

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! Robert Rietti{{†}}

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! Omar Sharif{{†}}

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{{succession box

| title=Academy Award for Best Director

| years=1957
for The Bridge on the River Kwai

| before=George Stevens
for Giant

| after=Vincente Minnelli
for Gigi}}

{{succession box

| title=Academy Award for Best Director

| years=1962
for Lawrence of Arabia

| before=Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
for West Side Story

| after=Tony Richardson
for Tom Jones}}

{{S-end}}

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