David Lean

Director · Born 25 March 1908 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK · Died 16 April 1991 · 13 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

6 of David Lean’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 4 on Cineasterna and 2 on Netflix. 1 more is not on any service at the moment. Highest rated available: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) ★ 8.1.

Sir David Lean CBE (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered one of the most important figures in British cinema, he is best remembered for adapting the works of Charles Dickens and Noël Coward, and for his large scale period epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970), and A Passage to India (1984).

Acclaimed and praised by directors such as Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick, Lean was voted 9th greatest film director of all time in the British Film Institute Sight & Sound "Directors Top Directors" poll 2002. Nominated seven times for the Academy Award for Best Director, winning 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).

Directing

• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
• Brief Encounter (1945)
• Oliver Twist (1948)
• Great Expectations (1946)
• A Passage to India (1984)
• Summertime (1955)
• The Sound Barrier (1952)

Writing

• Oliver Twist (1948)
• Great Expectations (1946)
• A Passage to India (1984)
• Summertime (1955)

Producing

• The Sound Barrier (1952)

As self

• Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream (2017)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
• Doctor Zhivago (1965)
• Ryan's Daughter (1970)
• Hobson's Choice (1954)
• Blithe Spirit (1945)
• In Which We Serve (1942)
• The Oscars (1953)
• This Happy Breed (1944)
• The Passionate Friends (1949)
• Madeleine (1950)
• The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
• Omnibus (1967)