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David Lean
Writer 1908 - 1991

David Lean

Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

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... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

7 titles
A Passage to India

A Passage to India

David Lean 1984 2h 43m 7.6

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

Summertime

Summertime

David Lean 1955 1h 40m 6.3

Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance a summer in romantic Venice, where she finally meets the man of her dreams, the elegant Renato Di Rossi.

Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

David Lean 1954 1h 48m 8.0

Widower Henry Hobson refuses to let his three daughters get married because he doesn't want to pay settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

David Lean 1948 2h 1m 7.5

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin.

Great Expectations

Great Expectations

David Lean 1946 1h 58m 7.6

A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

David Lean 1945 1h 36m 7.0

An English mystery novelist invites a medium over for dinner in the hopes of gathering enough material for his latest book, as well as exposing her as a charlatan. However, a series of incidents occur during the course of the evening, which result in a chain of supernatural events being set in motion which wreak havoc on his present marriage.

This Happy Breed

This Happy Breed

David Lean 1944 1h 51m

A middle-class family faces personal triumphs and tragedies when they move to a new home in the suburbs.

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