ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

David Lean

David Lean was a really smart grown-up who made movies. He was born a long time ago in a town called Croydon in a country called England. When he was a young man, he wanted to be an actor, but then he realized he was much better at making movies.

David Lean made a lot of famous movies that lots of people really like. Some of his most famous movies are "The Bridge on the River Kwai," "Lawrence of Arabia," and "Doctor Zhivago."

When David Lean made movies, he would come up with the story and then tell people how he wanted the actors to act and where he wanted the camera to go to take pictures. He was really good at this, so lots of people liked to work with him.

David Lean was very famous for making epic movies, which are movies that are really long and have a lot of big scenes with lots of people or things happening. He was very good at making these big movies look beautiful and interesting.

When David Lean was an old man, he died, but people still remember him and his movies today.