David Lean (1908 - 1991): 100th Anniversary Conference
Queen Mary, University of London, 24−25 July 2008
David Lean is one of the outstanding figures of British film history. A much sought-after film
editor during the 1930s, he made his début as a director with In Which We Serve in 1942. He
went on to direct such acclaimed films as Brief Encounter (1945), Great Expectations (1946), The
Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and A Passage to
India (1985). But although he enjoyed huge commercial success to the very end of his career,
during the 1960s he suffered the same kind of critical disregard that dogged so many other
British film-makers of his generation. The centenary offers a welcome opportunity not only to
celebrate his career but also to evaluate the nature of his achievement.
Gathering together film-makers, writers, scholars and people who knew Lean, this
conference will offer a broad range of perspectives. We welcome papers on individual films,
conditions of production, literary adaptation, key collaborations, as well as all other aspects of
Lean’s life in the cinema.
Proposals for papers (maximum 250 words) should be sent to Charles Drazin
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