David Lean
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British film director
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sir David Lean was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered one of the most important figures of British cinema, Lean directed the large-scale epics The Bridge on the River Kwai , Lawrence of Arabia , Doctor Zhivago , Ryan's Daughter , and A Passage to India . He also directed the film adaptations of two Charles Dickens novels, Great Expectations and Oliver Twist , as well as the romantic drama Brief Encounter .
