# List of awards and nominations received by David Lean

David Lean was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor.
Widely considered one of the most influential directors of all time, Lean directed the large-scale epics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984). He also directed two adaptations of Charles Dickens novels, Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948), as well as the romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945).
He received various awards including eleven Academy Awards nominations winning twice for Best Director for Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962). He also received five Golden Globe Award nominations winning three awards for Best Director for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and Doctor Zhivago (1964). He also received fourteen British Academy Film Award nominations winning six awards. In 1974 he won the BAFTA Fellowship for Outstanding British Contribution in Film.

## Major associations
### Academy Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1946 | Best Director | Brief Encounter | Nominated |
| 1946 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Brief Encounter | Nominated |
| 1947 | Best Director | Great Expectations | Nominated |
| 1947 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Great Expectations | Nominated |
| 1955 | Best Director | Summertime | Nominated |
| 1957 | Best Director | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Won |
| 1962 | Best Director | Lawrence of Arabia | Won |
| 1965 | Best Director | Doctor Zhivago | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Director | A Passage to India | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Adapted Screenplay | A Passage to India | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Film Editing | A Passage to India | Nominated |

### British Academy Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1948 | Best British Film | Oliver Twist | Nominated |
| 1952 | Best Film from any Source | The Sound Barrier | Won |
| 1952 | Best British Film | The Sound Barrier | Won |
| 1954 | Best Film from any Source | Hobson's Choice | Nominated |
| 1954 | Best British Screenplay | Hobson's Choice | Nominated |
| 1955 | Best Film from any Source | Summertime | Nominated |
| 1957 | Best Film from any Source | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Won |
| 1957 | Best British Film | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Won |
| 1962 | Best Film from any Source | Lawrence of Arabia | Won |
| 1962 | Best British Film | Lawrence of Arabia | Won |
| 1965 | Best Film from any Source | Doctor Zhivago | Nominated |
| 1970 | Best Direction | Ryan's Daughter | Nominated |
| 1975 | BAFTA Fellowship | BAFTA Fellowship | Received |
| 1984 | Best Film | A Passage to India | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Adapted Screenplay | A Passage to India | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1957 | Best Director | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Won |
| 1962 | Best Director | Lawrence of Arabia | Won |
| 1965 | Best Director | Doctor Zhivago | Won |
| 1984 | Best Director | A Passage to India | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Screenplay | A Passage to India | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Year | Award | Film | Result |
| 1944 | Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film | In Which We Serve (shared with Noël Coward) | Won |
| 1954 | Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear | Hobson's Choice | Won |
| 1946 | Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix | Brief Encounter | Won |
| 1949 | Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix | The Passionate Friends | Nominated |
| 1966 | Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or | Doctor Zhivago | Nominated |
| 1967 | David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director | Doctor Zhivago | Won |
| 1958 | Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Feature Film | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Won |
| 1963 | Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Feature Film | Lawrence of Arabia | Won |
| 1971 | Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Feature Film | Ryan's Daughter | Nominated |
| 1985 | Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Feature Film | A Passage to India | Nominated |
| 1974 | Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Film | Ryan's Daughter | Won |
| 1946 | Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation | Blithe Spirit | Won |
| 1964 | Nastro d'Argento for Best Foreign Director | Lawrence of Arabia | Won |
| 1984 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director | A Passage to India | Won |
| 1964 | Kinema Junpo Award for Best Foreign Language Film | Lawrence of Arabia | Won |
| 1952 | National Board of Review Award for Best Director | The Sound Barrier | Won |
| 1957 | National Board of Review Award for Best Director | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Won |
| 1962 | National Board of Review Award for Best Director | Lawrence of Arabia | Won |
| 1984 | National Board of Review Award for Best Director | A Passage to India | Won |
| 1985 | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director | A Passage to India | 3rd place |
| 1942 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director | In Which We Serve | 2nd place |
| 1953 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director | The Sound Barrier | 3rd place |
| 1955 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director | Summertime | Won |
| 1957 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Won |
| 1965 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director | Doctor Zhivago | 2nd place |
| 1984 | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director | A Passage to India | Won |
| 1948 | Venice Film Festival Grand International Award | Oliver Twist | Nominated |
| 1984 | Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | A Passage to India | Nominated |