David Lean
David Lean
Sir David Lean, CBEwas an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabiaand Doctor Zhivago. He is also known for the Dickens adaptations of Great Expectationsand Oliver Twist, as well as the romantic drama Brief Encounter...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth25 March 1908
jobs real technique
Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique.
way infinity desert
When you're in the desert, you look into infinity.... It makes you feel terribly small, and also in a strange way, quite big.
two people layers
My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than some other directors.
thinking artist dare
I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.