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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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David Lean
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(1908–91, kt 1984)
Director whose previous skills as cameraman and editor give his films a particular polish. He began, from 1942, with four collaborations with Noel Coward, including *In Which We Serve and *Brief Encounter. These were followed by two Dickens adaptations, *Great Expectations and *Oliver Twist. His later projects were increasingly large-scale and infrequent, but some were very successful – *Bridge on the River Kwai and *Lawrence of Arabia both won Oscars. They were followed by Dr Zhivago (1965), Ryan's Daughter (1970) and A Passage to India (1984).
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