David Lean

David Lean (born in London, England, March 25, 1908, died April 16, 1991) directed movies like Brief Encounter (1945) from the 1936 play by Noel Coward Still Life, Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948) from the novels by Charles Dickens, Summertime (1955) with Katherine Hepburn, The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) with William Holden and Alec Guinness, Lawrence of Arabia (1962) with Peter O’Toole, Doctor Zhivago (1965) with Julie Christie and Omar Sharif from the 1957 novel by Boris Pasternak, Ryan’s Daughter (1970) with Robert Mitchum, A Passage to India (1984) from the 1924 novel by E.M. Forster.

Golden Globe Awards

1985 Nominee

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- Passage to India, A
- David Lean
1985 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Passage to India, A
- David Lean
1985 Winner

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
- Passage to India, A
- United Kingdom
1966 Winner

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Doctor Zhivago
- David Lean
1963 Winner

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Lawrence of Arabia
- David Lean
1958 Winner

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Bridge on the River Kwai, The
- David Lean