biography
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| (1908–91)
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| biography:
| Film director, born in Croydon, S Greater London, UK. Beginning as a clapperboard boy, he gradually progressed to become film editor for Gaumont Sound News (1930) and British Movietone News (1931–2), before moving on to fictional features. His co-direction with Noel Coward of In Which We Serve (1942), led to a full-scale directorial career, including Blithe Spirit (1945), Brief Encounter (1945), Great Expectations (1946), and Oliver Twist (1948). He won Oscars for Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962). In 1965 he made Dr Zhivago, followed by Ryan's Daughter (1970), and A Passage to India (1984). In 1990 he was the first non-American recipient of the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. |
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