Sir David Lean, CBE (25 Mairch 1908 – 16 Aprile 1991) wis an Inglis film director, producer, screenwriter an editor, best remembered for big-screen epics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), an Doctor Zhivago (1965); for aiblins the maist heichly regardit o aw the adaptations o Dickens' novels wi Great Expectations (1946) a Oliver Twist (1948); an for the renowned romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945).
Acclaimed bi directors includin Steven Spielberg an Stanley Kubrick, Lean wis votit 9t greatest film director o aw time in the Breetish Film Institute Sight & Sound "Directors' Top Directors" poll 2002. Nominatit seiven times for the Academy Awaird for Best Director, for which he wan twice for The Bridge on the River Kwai, an Lawrence of Arabia. Lean haes three films in the tap five o the Breetish Film Institute's Tap 100 Breetish Films.
