David Lean David Lean Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, responsible for large-scale epics such as "The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957), "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) and "A Passage to India" (1984). He also directed adaptations of Charles Dickens novels "Great Expectations" (1946) and "Oliver Twist" (1948), and the romantic drama "Brief Encounter" (1945). Originally a film editor in the early 1930s, Lean made his directorial debut with 1942's "In Which We Serve", which was the first of four collaborations with Noël Coward. Beginning with "Summertime" in
Judy Davis (2011), "To Rome with Love" (2012), "The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet" (2013) and "The Dressmaker" (2015). For her television work, Davis won Emmy Awards for "" (1995), Judy Garland in "" (2001) and "The Starter Wife" (2007) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows" and "One Against the Wind" (1991). Other television roles include "Water Under the Bridge" (1980), "A Woman Called Golda" (1982), "A Cooler Climate" (1999), Nancy Reagan in "The Reagans" (2003), "Coast to Coast" (2003), Sante Kimes in "A Little Thing