Editing David Lean (section)

== Honours<!-- British subject. --> ==
Lean was appointed Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in 1953, and was knighted for his contributions and services to the arts in 1984.<ref>[http://www.davidleanfoundation.org/site/sirdavidlean/awards.htm David Lean Foundation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120121001/http://www.davidleanfoundation.org/site/sirdavidlean/awards.htm |date=20 November 2008 }}. David Lean Foundation (18 July 2005). Retrieved on 29 May 2011.</ref> Lean received the [[AFI Life Achievement Award]] in 1990. In 2012, Lean was among the [[Culture of the United Kingdom|British cultural icons]] selected by artist Sir [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]] to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork—[[the Beatles]]' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' album cover—celebrating the British cultural figures of his lifetime that he most admires.<ref>{{cite news|title=New faces on Sgt Pepper album cover for artist Peter Blake's 80th birthday|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/02/peter-blake-sgt-pepper-cover-revisited|agency=The Guardian|date=5 October 2016|access-date=8 November 2016|archive-date=5 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105095109/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/02/peter-blake-sgt-pepper-cover-revisited|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sir Peter Blake's new Beatles' Sgt Pepper's album cover|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17583026|agency=BBC|date=8 November 2016|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103234105/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17583026|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1999, the [[British Film Institute]] compiled its list of the [[BFI Top 100 British films|Top 100 British films]]. Seven of Lean's films appeared on the list:
* ''[[Brief Encounter]]'' (#2)
* ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (#3)
* ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (#5)
* ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' (#11)
* ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' (#27)
* ''[[Oliver Twist (1948 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' (#46)
* ''[[In Which We Serve]]'' (#92)

In addition, on the [[American Film Institute]]'s 1998 list of [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies|100 Years...100 Movies]], ''Lawrence of Arabia'' placed 5th, ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' 13th, and ''Doctor Zhivago'' 39th. In the 2007 [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)|revised edition]], ''Lawrence of Arabia'' placed 7th and ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' placed 36th.

With five wins out of six nominations, Lean directed more films that won the [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography]] at [[Academy Awards|the Oscars]] than any other director for: ''Great Expectations'', ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'', ''Lawrence of Arabia'', ''Doctor Zhivago'' and ''[[Ryan's Daughter]]''—the last nomination being for ''[[A Passage to India (film)|A Passage to India]]''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}