David Lean
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- Gender: Male
- Birthday: 1908-03-25
- Day of Death: 1991-04-16 ( 83 years old )
- Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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- IMDB:nm0000180
An important British filmmaker, David Lean was born in Croydon in 1908 and brought up in a strict Quaker family (ironically, as a child he wasn’t allowed to go to the movies). During the 1920s he briefly considered the possibility of becoming an accountant like his father before finding a job at Gaumont British Studios in 1927. He worked as tea …
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