David Lean (1908-1991)

Sir David Lean, CBE (25th March 1908 - 16th April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and Doctor Zhivago (1965); for perhaps the most highly regarded of all the adaptations of Dickens' novels, Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948); and for the renowned romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945).