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David Lean

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British film director

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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 .

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