David Lean

Director and writer. Born 25 March 1908 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. Died 16 April 1991.

Titles on Fi1m7 directing · 2 crew

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 7 titles

Oscars2 won · 9 nominated

Born

25 March 1908, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Died

16 April 1991

Active

1938–1984

Frequently works with

Alec Guinness, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Bernard Miles, Celia Johnson, Jack Hawkins, John Mills, Kay Walsh, Leslie Howard

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

81Fi1m

78Critics

We rate David’s work 3 points above the press, across 7 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 793

Under 600

Of 7 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 7 films
Screen time: 18 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $272m across 6 films with figures
Academy Awards: 2 Oscars2 won · 9 nominated
Active: 1938–1984

Genres

Drama6
War4
History3
Romance3
Adventure2

Best and worst on Fi1m

90BestLawrence of Arabia1962

70WorstDoctor Zhivago1965

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

21920s

191930s

121940s

51950s

41960s

21970s

11980s

David Lean

David Lean in numbers