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David Lean

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David Lean

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Also known as Sir David Lean

British film director (1908–1991)

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David Lean (1908–1991) was a filmmaker whose career began in 1934. He is recognized for works including *Brief Encounter*, *Doctor Zhivago*, and *Cineguild's Great expectations*. Additionally, he is listed as an author of *Thinking in Systems*. His professional output is documented across various sources with a total of four to five works.

Lean was recognized in the Academy Award Best Director collection. He had one child and stood at a height of 185. He was buried or cremated on April 22, 1991, following his death on April 16, 1991.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • Thinking in Systems
  • Brief Encounter
  • Cineguild's Great expectations
  • Doctor Zhivago

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
335
Total plays
782

Tags

filmmaker

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
David
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Croydon
Place of death
Limehouse
Occupation
producer
Languages spoken
English language
Notable work
Doctor Zhivago
Image
DavidLean1965.jpg
Height
185
Number of children
1
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date of birth
1908-03-25
date of death
1991-04-16
cause of death
esophageal cancer
topic's main category
Category:David Lean
manner of death
natural causes
Commons category
David Lean
place of burial
Putney Vale Cemetery
name in native language
David Lean
start of work period
1934-00-00
described by source
The Times
date of burial or cremation
1991-04-22
different from
David Lean
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Sources (9)

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Gallery (4)