David Lean (1908 - 1991)

English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor.

* March 25, 1908 Croydon, Surrey, England
 April 16, 1991 Limehouse, London, England



Books on David Lean

Steven Organ (ed.) David Lean Steven Organ (ed.)
David Lean, Interviews
Jackson, 2009

Gene D. Phillips Beyond the Epic Gene D. Phillips
Beyond the Epic, The Life & Films of David Lean
Lexington, Ky., 2006

Kevin Brownlow David Lean Kevin Brownlow
David Lean, A Biography
1996

Kevin Brownlow David Lean Kevin Brownlow
David Lean, A biography
New York, 1996

Alain Silver and James Ursini
David Lean and His Films
Los Angeles, 1992

Stephen Silverman
David Lean
New York, 1989

Michael Anderegg
David Lean
Boston, 1984

Alain Silver and James Ursini
David Lean and his films
London, 1974

Books with substantial mentioning of David Lean

George Stevens, Jr (ed.)
Conversations with the great moviemakers of Hollywood's golden age at the American Film Institute
New York, 2006

John C. Tibbetts, James M. Welsh
The Encyclopedia of Filmmakers, Volume Two
New York, NY, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 2. Directors
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Gene D. Phillips Major film directors of the American and British cinema Gene D. Phillips
Major film directors of the American and British cinema
Bethlehem - London and Toronto, 1999

Andrew Sarris (editor) The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia Andrew Sarris (editor)
The St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia
Detroit - New York - Toronto - London, 1998

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1991, A Survey of the Films of 1990
Pasadena, California; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1991

Ann Lloyd (editor) Movies of the Forties Ann Lloyd (editor)
Movies of the Forties
London, 1982

Books with an entry on David Lean

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Larry Langman Destination Hollywood Larry Langman
Destination Hollywood, The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2000

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1992, A Survey of the Films of 1991
Pasadena, Ca; Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1992

Articles on David Lean

Charles Drazin, David Lean, Editing: Lean cuts, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 7, 2008 pp. 38-41

Sonia Genaitay, David Lean, Restoration: 'This Happy Breed', in: Sight & Sound, nr. 7, 2008 pp. 41-43

Richard Combs, Ghost Story, in: Filmcomment, nr. 4, 2008 pp. 32-37