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David Lean

David Lean

Highest Rated:
100% Lawrence of Arabia (Restored Edition) (1962)
Lowest Rated:
37% The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Birthday:
Mar 25, 1908
Birthplace:
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Bio:
Director, writer, and producer David Lean grew up in a strict religious background in which movies were forbidden to become one of the world's most celebrated filmmakers. Beginning as a tea boy in the mid-'20s, he was lucky enough to move into editing just as sound films -- with their special…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 37% - 100%
Number of Movies: 19
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2004 Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films--British Cinema's Legendary Studio
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1984 85% A Passage to India
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1970 50% Ryan's Daughter
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1965 85% Doctor Zhivago
  • Producer
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1965 37% The Greatest Story Ever Told
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1962 98% Lawrence of Arabia
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1962 100% Lawrence of Arabia (Restored Edition)
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1957 96% The Bridge on the River Kwai
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1955 93% Summertime
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1953 95% Hobson's Choice
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1952 80% Breaking the Sound Barrier (The Sound Barrier)
  • Producer
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1950 100% Madeleine
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1949 78% The Passionate Friends
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1948 100% Oliver Twist
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1946 100% Great Expectations
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1945 88% Brief Encounter
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1945 71% Blithe Spirit
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1944 100% This Happy Breed
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1942 93% In Which We Serve
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