description: In discussions with the author, film director David Lean talks about his cinema career, which spanned more than half a century and encompassed films such as "Brief Encounter", "Bridge on the River Kwai" and "Lawrence of Arabia". There are also contributions from family and friends.
language: English
title: David Lean : A Biography
titlecomplete: David Lean : A Biography
characters: Omar Sharif, John Mills, Robert Bolt, Noël Coward, Celia Johnson, Alexander Korda, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness, John Bryan, J. Arthur Rank, Ronald Neame, Norman Spencer, Jack Hildyard, David Lean, George Bernard Shaw, Carol Reed, Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Kay Walsh, Fred Zinnemann, Anne V. Coates, John Box, Trevor Howard
genres: Nonfiction, Film, Biography, Media Tie In
ratings_count: 135
publisher: Faber Paperbacks