Réalisateur

David Lean

1908 - 1991

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David Lean (Croydon, Londres, 25 mars 1908 – Londres, 16 avril 1991) est un réalisateur, producteur, scénariste et monteur britannique. Il est reconnu pour avoir réalisé des œuvres majeures qui font partie des classiques du cinéma, dont Brève Rencontre, Oliver Twist, Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï, Lawrence d'Arabie et Le Docteur Jivago. En 2002, le magazine Sight and Sound publié par le British Film Institute l'a placé neuvième dans sa liste des plus grands réalisateurs de l'histoire du cinéma. En savoir plus sur Wikipédia

His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2024). David Lean is the 99th most popular réalisateur (up from 118th in 2024), the 598th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 549th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Réalisateur.

David Lean is most famous for his films such as The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, and Doctor Zhivago.

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Among Réalisateurs

Among réalisateurs, David Lean ranks 99 out of 2,041. Before him are Wolfgang Petersen, Aki Kaurismäki, Dario Argento, Christopher Nolan, Carlos Saura, and Richard Attenborough. After him are René Clair, Andrzej Żuławski, Jacques Audiard, Jacques Tati, Sidney Lumet, and Bong Joon-ho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, David Lean ranks 40. Before him are Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Joseph Rotblat, Nelson Rockefeller, Manoel de Oliveira, Alfred Hershey, and Willard Libby. After him are Victor Weisskopf, Tameo Ide, Joseph McCarthy, Werner von Haeften, Cesare Pavese, and William Saroyan. Among people deceased in 1991, David Lean ranks 25. Before him are Marcel Lefebvre, Lazar Kaganovich, Ragnar Granit, Soichiro Honda, Oona O'Neill, and Margot Fonteyn. After him are Max Frisch, Arno Breker, Henri Lefebvre, Michael Landon, Demetrios I of Constantinople, and Rajiv Gandhi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Lean ranks 598 out of 8,785. Before him are Alexander Pope (1688), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), Christopher Nolan (1970), Richard Williamson (1940), Gary Moore (1952), and Richard Attenborough (1923). After him are Thomas Carlyle (1795), William Oughtred (1574), Tim Curry (1946), Charles Dance (1946), Ronald Coase (1910), and Philip Sclater (1829).

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Among Réalisateurs In United Kingdom

Among réalisateurs born in United Kingdom, David Lean ranks 9. Before him are Ken Loach (1936), Tony Scott (1944), Alan Parker (1944), Peter Brook (1925), Christopher Nolan (1970), and Richard Attenborough (1923). After him are Peter Greenaway (1942), Michael Powell (1905), Danny Boyle (1956), Stephen Frears (1941), Tony Richardson (1928), and Frank Lloyd (1886).

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