Foreign Property News | Posted by Si Thu Aung
The Englishman directed the films The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and A Passage to India.
He was also voted the ninth greatest film director of all time in the British Film Institute poll in 2002.
And he has been nominated seven times for the Academy Award for Best Director - which he won twice for The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia.
(A star is born: An Oscar-winning director started life at this South Croydon property, which today includes a flat for sale)
The director who was born at this property for sale in South Croydon's Blenheim Crescent is Sir David Lean.
He was born on March 25, 1908, to Quaker parents and he was later a pupil at the Quaker-founded Leighton Park School in Reading.
(Sir David Lean has been nominated seven times for the Academy Award for Best Director - which he won twice for The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia)
(The ground floor flat in the property is for sale for £352,000 via eXp World UK estate agents)
He had his greatest box-office success with Doctor Zhivago (1965), which as of 2020 is reportedly the ninth highest grossing film of all time adjusted for inflation.
It is a far cry from his humble South Croydon beginnings, where the property is now divided into flats.
(The flat for sale has two bedrooms, including this one with a door leading out into the garden)
The leasehold flat has two bedrooms and is spread across 697 square feet.
It displays a blue plaque on the front exterior showing that it is the birthplace of Sir David.
There is a large shared garden at the rear of the property.
(There is a large shared garden at the rear of the property for sale, which backs onto Haling Grove Park)
Ref: An Oscar-winning director was born in this Croydon home... can you guess who? (dailymail)
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