David Lean Filmography and Awards in his films

This is a list of the films David Lean has directed from 1942-1984 with the awards of which the films won and nominated (Oscars, BAFTA's and Golden Globes only.)

"In Which We Serve" (1942)

2 Academy Award Nominations

*Honorary Award (Sir Noel Coward)
*Best Original Screenplay (Sir Noel Coward Nominated)
*Outstanding Motion Picture (Sir Noel Coward Nominated)

"This Happy Breed" (1944)

= "Blithe Spirit" (1945) =

1 Academy Award Nomination
*Best Special Effects (Tom Howard)

"Brief Encounter" (1945)

3 Academy Award Nominations

*Best Writing, Screenplay (With Sir Anthony Havelock-Allan and Ronald Neame CBE Nominated)
*Best Director (Nominated)
*Best Actress (Dame Celia Johnson DBE Nominated)

= "Great Expectations" (1946) =

5 Academy Award Nominations

*Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Black-and-White) (John Bryan and Wilfred Shingleton)
*Best Cinematography (Black and White) (Guy Green OBE)
*Best Motion Picture (Ronald Neame CBE Nominated)
*Best Writing, Screenplay (With Sir Anthony Havelock-Allan and Ronald Neame CBE Nominated)
*Best Director (Nominated)

= "Oliver Twist" (1948) =

1 BAFTA Nomination
*Best British Film (Nominated)

"The Passionate Friends" (1949)

= "Madeleine" (1950) =

"The Sound Barrier" (1952)

2 Academy Award Nominations
*Best Sound (London Films Sound Department)
*Best Original Screenplay (Sir Terence Rattigan Nominated)

5 BAFTA Nominations
*Best British Actor (Sir Ralph Richardson)
*Best British Film ()
*Best Film from any Source ()
*Best British Actor (Nigel Patrick Nominated)
*Best British Actress (Ann Todd Nominated)

= "Hobson's Choice" (1954) =

5 BAFTA Nominations
*Best British Film
*Best British Actor (Sir John Mills CBE Nominated)
*Best British Actress (Brenda De Banzie Nominated)
*Best British Screenplay (With Norman Spencer and Wynyard Browne Nominated)
*Best Film from any Source (Nominated)

= "Summertime" (1955) =

2 Academy Award Nomination
*Best Actress (Katharine Hepburn Nominated)
*Best Director (Nominated)

2 BAFTA Nominations
*Best Film from any Source (Nominated)
*Best British Actress (Katharine Hepburn Nominated)

"The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)

8 Academy Award Nominations
*Best Actor (Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE)
*Best Cinematography (Colour) (Jack Hildyard)
*Best Motion Picture (Sam Spiegel)
*Best Film Editing (Peter Taylor)
*Best Music, Score (Sir Malcolm Arnold CBE)
*Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Carl Foreman CBE*, Michael Wilson*, Pierre Boulle)
*Best Director
*Best Supporting Actor (Sessue Hayakawa Nominated)

Honored posthumously in 1984* Carl Foreman CBE and Michael Wilson posthumously awarded Oscars in 1984 because they received no screen credit

4 BAFTA Awards Nominations
*Best British Actor (Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE)
*Best British Film
*Best Film from any Source
*Best British Screenplay (Pierre Boulle)

4 Golden Globe Award Nominations
*Best Picture
*Best Actor (Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE)
*Best Director
*Best Supporting Actor (Sessue Hayakawa Nominated)

= "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962) =

= "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) =

"Ryan's Daughter" (1970)

= "A Passage to India" (1984) =