David lean was an famous English film director,producer,editor and screenwriter.
David lean first work as a director was in collaboration with Noël Coward on In Which We Serve in 1942
He was also responsible for large-scale epics1 such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Doctor Zhivago (1965). He also directed adaptations of Dickens novels Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948), as well as the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945).