David Lean as Director
As a director, David Lean's first intention was always to tell a story, and it was the story which attracted him to a project, whether it was an ordinary family adapting to postwar life, a provincial love affair, the quest for supersonic flight, a novel by Dickens, or the adventures of a university don in the deserts of Arabia.
- In Which We Serve, 1942
- This Happy Breed, 1944
- Blithe Spirit, 1945
- Brief Encounter, 1945
- Great Expectations, 1947
- Oliver Twist, 1948
- The Passionate Friends, 1949
- Madeleine, 1950
- The Sound Barrier, 1952
- Hobson's Choice, 1953
- Summer Madness, 1954
- The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957
- Lawrence of Arabia, 1962
- Doctor Zhivago, 1965
- Ryan's Daughter, 1970
- Lost & Found, 1978
- A Passage to India, 1984