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unspecified</a><br><b>Remains:</b> Buried, <a href="/cemetery/754/000208130/" class="proflink">Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England</a><br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> <a href="/lists/166/000068959/" class=proflink>Film Director</a><p><b>Nationality:</b> England<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>Lawrence of Arabia</i><p><b>Wife:</b> Isabel Lean (his first cousin, b. 1908, m. 28-Jun-1930, div. 1936, one child)<br><b>Wife:</b> <a href="/people/761/000101458/">Kay Walsh</a> (actress, m. 23-Nov-1940, div. 1949)<br><b>Wife:</b> <a href="/people/159/000140736/">Ann Todd</a> (actress, m. 21-May-1949, div. 1957)<br><b>Wife:</b> Leila Matkar (m. 4-Jul-1960, div. 1978)<br><b>Wife:</b> Sandra Hotz (m. 28-Oct-1981, div. 1984)<br><b>Wife:</b> Sandra Cooke (m. 15-Dec-1990)<br><p> <a href="/honors/469/000032373/">American Film Institute Life Achievement Award</a> 1990<br> <a href="/honors/510/000032414/">Oscar for Best Director</a> 1958 for <i>The Bridge on the River Kwai</i><br> <a href="/honors/510/000032414/">Oscar for Best Director</a> 1963 for <i>Lawrence of Arabia</i><br> <a href="/honors/853/000052697/">Knight of the British Empire</a> 1984<br> <a href="/lists/919/000095634/">Asteroid Namesake</a> 7037 Davidlean<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/215/000036107/">A Passage to India (14-Dec-1984)</a> <br> <a href="/films/419/000074197/">Ryan's Daughter (9-Nov-1970)</a> <br> <a href="/films/250/000033151/">Doctor Zhivago (22-Dec-1965)</a> <br> <a href="/films/341/000033242/">Lawrence of Arabia (10-Dec-1962)</a> <br> <a href="/films/523/000032427/">The Bridge on the River Kwai (18-Dec-1957)</a> <br> <a href="/films/137/000038023/">Summertime (21-Jun-1955)</a> <br> <a href="/films/096/000040973/">Hobson's Choice (19-Apr-1954)</a> <br> <a href="/films/308/000083059/">The Sound Barrier (22-Jul-1952)</a> <br> <a href="/films/968/000204356/">Madeleine (14-Feb-1950)</a> <br> <a href="/films/138/000038024/">The Passionate Friends (2-May-1949)</a> <br> <a href="/films/077/000068870/">Oliver Twist (28-Jun-1948)</a> <br> <a href="/films/846/000034744/">Great Expectations (26-Dec-1946)</a> <br> <a href="/films/206/000068002/">Brief Encounter (26-Nov-1945)</a> <br> <a href="/films/426/000078192/">Blithe Spirit (14-May-1945)</a> <br> <a href="/films/862/000079625/">This Happy Breed (1-Jun-1944)</a> <br> <a href="/films/461/000078227/">In Which We Serve (17-Sep-1942)</a> <br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=32366"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=32366">David Lean</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=32366" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>