Awards & Winners

David Lean

Date of Birth 25-March-1908
Place of Birth Croydon
(Greater London, London Borough of Croydon, England, London, Surrey, United Kingdom)
Nationality England
Also know as Sir David Lean, Sir David Lean, CBE
Profession Film Director, Film Editor, Screenwriter, Film Producer, Actor
Sir David Lean, CBE was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, and Doctor Zhivago; for perhaps the most highly regarded of all the adaptations of Dickens' novels with Great Expectations and Oliver Twist; and for the renowned romantic drama Brief Encounter. Acclaimed by directors including Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick, Lean was voted 9th greatest film director of all time in the British Film Institute Sight & Sound "Directors' Top Directors" poll 2002. Nominated seven times for the Academy Award for Best Director, for which he won twice for The Bridge on the River Kwai, and Lawrence of Arabia. Lean has three films in the top five of the British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films.

Awards by David Lean

Check all the awards nominated and won by David Lean.

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film A Passage to India
BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted A Passage to India

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay A Passage to India
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture A Passage to India
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture A Passage to India

1984


New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director
Honored for : A Passage to India
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film
Honored for : A Passage to India
National Board of Review Award for Best Film
Honored for : A Passage to India
National Board of Review Award for Best Director
Honored for : A Passage to India

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film A Passage to India
Academy Award for Best Director A Passage to India
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay A Passage to India
Academy Award for Best Film Editing A Passage to India

1974


BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award

1971


Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Direction Ryan's Daughter
BAFTA Award for Best Film Ryan's Daughter

1970


Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Ryan's Daughter

1967


David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director
Honored for : Doctor Zhivago

Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film Doctor Zhivago

1966


Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture
Honored for : Doctor Zhivago

Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture Doctor Zhivago

1965


Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director Doctor Zhivago

1963


BAFTA Award for Best British Film
Honored for : Lawrence of Arabia
BAFTA Award for Best Film
Honored for : Lawrence of Arabia
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture
Honored for : Lawrence of Arabia

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture Lawrence of Arabia
BAFTA Award for Best Film Lawrence of Arabia
BAFTA Award for Best British Film Lawrence of Arabia

1962


Academy Award for Best Director
Honored for : Lawrence of Arabia
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Honored for : Lawrence of Arabia

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Lawrence of Arabia
Academy Award for Best Director Lawrence of Arabia

1958


BAFTA Award for Best British Film
Honored for : The Bridge on the River Kwai
BAFTA Award for Best Film
Honored for : The Bridge on the River Kwai
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture
Honored for : The Bridge on the River Kwai

Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture The Bridge on the River Kwai
BAFTA Award for Best Film The Bridge on the River Kwai
BAFTA Award for Best British Film The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957


Academy Award for Best Director
Honored for : The Bridge on the River Kwai
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Honored for : The Bridge on the River Kwai

Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film The Bridge on the River Kwai
Academy Award for Best Director The Bridge on the River Kwai

1956


Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film Summertime

1955


BAFTA Award for Best British Film
Honored for : Hobson's Choice

Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director Summertime
BAFTA Award for Best Film Hobson's Choice
BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay Hobson's Choice
BAFTA Award for Best British Film Hobson's Choice

1954


Golden Bear
Honored for : Hobson's Choice

1953


BAFTA Award for Best British Film
Honored for : The Sound Barrier
BAFTA Award for Best Film
Honored for : The Sound Barrier

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film The Sound Barrier
BAFTA Award for Best British Film The Sound Barrier

1949


Nominations 1949 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best British Film Oliver Twist

1947


Nominations 1947 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director Great Expectations
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay Great Expectations
Academy Award for Best Screenplay Great Expectations

1946


Nominations 1946 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Director Brief Encounter
Retro Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Blithe Spirit
Academy Award for Best Screenplay Brief Encounter