BRIEF ENCOUNTER: David Lean (1908-1991) English film director and Academy Award winner whose many films include the British romantic drama film Brief Encounter (1945). An excellent vintage signed 7 x 9.5 photograph of Lean in a head and shoulders pose on the set of one of his films, with a large camera visible in the immediate background. Signed by Lean in black ink to a clear area at the head of the image; Noel Coward (1899-1973) English actor, playwright and composer, Academy Award winner. Coward wrote the screenplay for Brief Encounter, which was based on his one-act play Still Life, and also had an uncredited role in the film as the railway station announcer. A good vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Coward in a head and shoulders pose resting his chin on one hand. Signed in fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. Some very light, extremely minor surface and corner creasing, VG, 2 David Lean was nominated for a Best Director Academy Award for his work on Brief Encounter , and the film also received a Best Screenplay Oscar nomination.