- David Lean filmography
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This is a list of the films David Lean has directed from 1942-1984 with the awards of which the films won and nominated.
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)
The National Board of Review named Celia Johnson Best Actress for her portrayal of Ethel Gibbons.
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)
Berlin Film Festival
- Golden Bear (won)
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, 7 wins
- Best Actor (Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE won)
- Best Cinematography (Colour) (Jack Hildyard won)
- Best Motion Picture (Sam Spiegel won)
- Best Film Editing (Peter Taylor won)
- Best Music, Score (Sir Malcolm Arnold CBE won)
- Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Carl Foreman CBE*, Michael Wilson*, Pierre Boulle won)
- Best Director (won)
- 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, 4 wins
- Best British Actor (Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE won)
- Best British Film won
- Best Film from any Source won
- Best British Screenplay (Pierre Boulle won)
4 Golden Globe Award Nominations, 3 wins
- Best Picture won
- Best Actor (Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE won)
- Best Director won
- Best Supporting Actor (Sessue Hayakawa Nominated)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Academy Awards (10 nominations, 7 wins)
- Best Actor (Peter O'Toole; lost to Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird)
- Best Art Direction and Set Decoration – Color (John Box, Mario Simoni and John Stoll, won)
- Best Cinematography – Color (Freddie Young, won)
- Best Director (David Lean, won)
- Best Editing (Anne V. Coates, won)
- Best Film (won)
- Best Score – Substantially Original (Maurice Jarre, won)
- Best Screenplay – Adapted (Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson; lost to Horton Foote, To Kill a Mockingbird)
- Best Sound (John Cox, won)
- Best Supporting Actor (Omar Sharif; lost to Ed Begley, Sweet Bird of Youth)
- Golden Globe Awards (7 nominations, 4 wins)
- Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Peter O'Toole; lost to Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird)
- Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (Anthony Quinn; lost to Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird)
- Best Cinematography – Color (Freddie Young, won)
- Best Director – Motion Picture (David Lean, won)
- Best Film – Drama (won)
- Best Score – Motion Picture (Maurice Jarre; lost to Elmer Bernstein, To Kill a Mockingbird)
- Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (Omar Sharif, won)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
- Academy Awards (10 nominations, 5 wins)
- Best Art Direction and Set Decoration – Color (John Box, Terence Marsh and Dario Simoni, won)
- Best Cinematography – Color (Freddie Young, won)
- Best Costume Design – Color (Phyllis Dalton, won)
- Best Director (David Lean; lost to Robert Wise, The Sound of Music)
- Best Editing (Norman Savage; lost to William Reynolds, The Sound of Music)
- Best Film (lost to The Sound of Music)
- Best Score – Substantially Original (Maurice Jarre, won)
- Best Screenplay – Adapted (Robert Bolt, won)
- Best Sound (Franklin Milton and A.W. Watkins; lost to The Sound of Music)
- Best Supporting Actor (Tom Courtenay; lost to Martin Balsam, A Thousand Clowns)
- BAFTA Awards (3 nominations)
- Best British Actor (Ralph Richardson; lost to Richard Burton, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
- Best British Actress (Julie Christie; lost to Elizabeth Taylor, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
- Best Film (David Lean; lost to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
- Golden Globe Awards (5 wins)
- Best Actor – Drama (Omar Sharif, won)
- Best Director – Motion Picture (David Lean, won)
- Best Film – Drama (won)
- Best Original Score (Maurice Jarre, won)
- Best Screenplay – Motion Picture (Robert Bolt, won)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
- Academy Awards (4 nominations, 2 wins)
- Best Actress (Sarah Miles; lost to Glenda Jackson, Women in Love)
- Best Cinematography (Freddie Young, won)
- Best Sound (John Bramall and Gordon K. McCallum; lost to Patton)
- Best Supporting Actor (John Mills, won)
- BAFTA Awards (10 nominations)
- Best Actress (Sarah Miles; lost to Katharine Ross, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here)
- Best Art Direction (Stephen B. Grimes; lost to Mario Garbuglia, Waterloo)
- Best Cinematography (Freddie Young; lost to Conrad L. Hall, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
- Best Costume Design (Jocelyn Rickards; lost to Maria De Matteis, Waterloo)
- Best Director (David Lean; lost to George Roy Hill, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
- Best Film (lost to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
- Best Film Editing (Norman Savage; lost to John C. Howard and Richard C. Meyer, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
- Best Sound Track (Gordon K. McCallum and Winston Ryder; lost to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
- Best Supporting Actor (John Mills; lost to Colin Welland, Kes)
- Best Supporting Actress (Evin Crowley; lost to Susannah York, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?)
- Golden Globe Awards (3 nominations, 1 win)
- Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (Sarah Miles; lost to Ali MacGraw, Love Story)
- Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (John Mills, won)
- Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (Trevor Howard; lost to John Mills, Ryan's Daughter)
A Passage to India (1984)
Academy Awards (11 nominations, 2 wins)
- Best Actress (Judy Davis; lost to Sally Field, Places in the Heart)
- Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (John Box and Hugh Scaife; lost to Patrizia von Brandenstein and Karel Cerný, Amadeus)
- Best Cinematography (Ernest Day; lost to Chris Menges, The Killing Fields)
- Best Costume Design (Judy Moorcroft; lost to Theodor Pistek, Amadeus)
- Best Director (David Lean; lost to Milos Forman, Amadeus)
- Best Editing (David Lean, nominated)
- Best Film (lost to Amadeus)
- Best Original Score (Maurice Jarre, won)
- Best Screenplay – Adapted (David Lean, lost to Peter Shaffer, Amadeus)
- Best Sound (Michael A. Carter, Graham V. Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier and John W. Mitchell; lost to Amadeus)
- Best Supporting Actress (Peggy Ashcroft, won)
BAFTA Awards (9 nominations, 1 win)
- Best Actor (Victor Banerjee, nominated)
- Best Actor (James Fox, nominated)
- Best Actress (Peggy Ashcroft, won)
- Best Cinematography (Ernest Day, nominated)
- Best Costume Design (Judy Moorcroft, nominated)
- Best Film (nominated)
- Best Production Design (John Box, nominated)
- Best Score (Maurice Jarre, nominated)
- Best Screenplay – Adapted (David Lean, nominated)
Golden Globe Awards (5 nominations, 3 wins)
- Best Director – Motion Picture (David Lean, nominated)
- Best Foreign Film (England, won)
- Best Original Score – Motion Picture (Maurice Jarre, won)
- Best Screenplay – Motion Picture (David Lean, nominated)
- Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (Peggy Ashcroft, won)
Awards and achievements Preceded by
George Stevens
for GiantAcademy Award for Best Director
1957
for The Bridge on the River KwaiSucceeded by
Vincente Minnelli
for GigiPreceded by
Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
for West Side StoryAcademy Award for Best Director
1962
for Lawrence of ArabiaSucceeded by
Tony Richardson
for Tom JonesFilms directed by David Lean 1940s In Which We Serve (1942) · This Happy Breed (1944) · Blithe Spirit (1945) · Brief Encounter (1945) · Great Expectations (1946) · Oliver Twist (1948) · The Passionate Friends (1949)1950s Madeleine (1950) · The Sound Barrier (1952) · Hobson's Choice (1954) · Summertime (1955) · The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)1960s Lawrence of Arabia (1962) · Doctor Zhivago (1965)1970s Ryan's Daughter (1970) · Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor (1979)1980s A Passage to India (1984)Categories:- Films directed by David Lean
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