David Lean was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, born in 1908 and passed away in 1991. He is best known for his works such as:
- A Passage To India (1984)
- Great Expectations (1946)
- Oliver Twist (1948)
- Brief Encounter (1945)
As a young boy, he would spend every evening in the cinema and in 1927, his aunt advised him to find a job involving films, doing what he loved. He went to Gaumot Studios where he was offered a months trail without pay and stared off as a teaboy, shortly after was promoted to a clapperboy and then to a third assistant director. He started his editing career in 1930, editing newsreels for Gaumont Studios and also Movietone. He then started editing feature length films in 1934, starting with Freedom of the Seas and then Escape Me Never in 1935.
By 1942, he had edited more than two dozen feature length films and began his directing career. In 1968, he was given membership of the Guild of British Film Editors. Also, his final film, A Passage to India, he directed and edited the film himself.
His first film that he directed was in collaboration with Noël Coward on In Which We Serve in 1942. Following that, he adapted some of Coward's plays into films, including Blithe Sprit (1945) and Brief Encounter (1945). Following that, he also adapted some of the works by Charles Dickens, such as Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948).
He was also a founding member of the British Film Academy, which is now known as the British Film and Television Academy (BAFTA).
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