David LeanAKA:
Sir
,
David Lean
Nationality:
English Birthdate:
03/25/1908 Birthplace:
Croydon, England Death Date:
04/16/1991 Celeb News
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biography
The best films of consummate craftsman David Lean are the product of a creative tension between romantic style and realistic content.Working his way up from clapper-boy to editor's apprentice in the 1930s, Lean edited newsreels and then features. His first outing as a director, with Noel Coward, "In Which We Serve" (1942), was a moving study of wartime England that contrasted the duty to fight with the human sacrifice required to win. Lean's next three films came from Coward's pen: "This Happy Breed" (1944), the story of a London family from 1919 to 1939; the rousingly entertaining "Blithe
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
Given Kodak Box Brownie camera by uncle at age 12, developed interest in photography
1927
Worked for father's accounting firm at the age of 19 (date approximate)
1927
Began working for Gaumont-British studios as tea-boy, then number-board holder, messenger and camera assistant
1930
Graduated to newsreel editor; then put in charge of Gaumont Sound News
1935
Began cutting feature films with "Escape Me Never"
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