David __, director of Doctor Zhivago (1965) (4)

I believe the answer is:

lean

(Other definitions for lean that I've seen before include "skinny" , "Wiry" , "Incline; without fat" , "director in past" , "What Jack Sprat's wife couldn't eat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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