Stephen Frears
- Directing
- June 20, 1941 · Leicester, England, UK
Biography
Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is an English director and producer. He has directed numerous acclaimed films since the early 1980s, including My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), The Grifters (1990), High Fidelity (2000), The Queen (2006), Philomena (2013), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), and Victoria & Abdul (2017). He has received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director. Frears is also known for his work on various television programs, including Fail Safe (2000), The Deal (2003), Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013), A Very English Scandal (2018), State of the Union (2019), and Quiz (2020). He has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with one win. In 2008, The Daily Telegraph named Frears among the 100 most influential people in British culture.
Known for
Filmography
- Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything
- Innes Lloyd: The Producer · Self
- Brian and Maggie · Executive producer, Director
- Alec Guinness: A Class Act · Self
- The Regime · Executive producer, Director
- A Look Through His Lens · Self
- The Rise of the Comic Strip · Self
- Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel · Self
- The Lost King · Director
- Reel Britannia · Self
- Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons · Original Film Writer
- Back to Barrytown · Self
- In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat · Self
- Quiz · Executive producer, Director
- Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
- The Loudest Voice · Director
- Memories of Lindsay Anderson · Self
- State of the Union · Executive producer, Director
- Who Killed British Cinema? · Self
- Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
- A Very English Scandal · Director, Executive producer
- She's French
- Victoria & Abdul · Director
- Il était une fois... « The Queen » · Self
- Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light · Self
- Florence Foster Jenkins · Director, Writer
- The Program · Director
- Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
- French Cinema Mon Amour · Self
- Henri Langlois vu par... · Self, Director
- Night Will Fall · Producer, Executive producer
- Philomena · Director
- Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight · Director
- 30 Years of Comic Strip
- Lay the Favorite · Director
- My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
- Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood · Self
- Tamara Drewe · Director
- Heavy Rain · Self
- Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' · Self
- Jean Charles · Executive producer
- Great Directors · Self
- Chéri · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director
- Here’s Looking at You, Boy · Self
- The Making of 'The Queen' · Self
- The Queen · Director
- Great British Menu · Self
- Le court des grands · Director
- Mrs. Henderson Presents · Director
- Eletrodoméstica · Thanks
- Michael Powell
- Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? · Self
- Kulturplatz · Self
- Cast & Crew: If.... · Self
- The Route V50 · Director
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments · Self
- The Deal · Director
- Forever Ealing · Self
- Dirty Pretty Things · Director
- Robert Altman in England · Self
- All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar · Narrator
- Liam · Director
- Alan Clarke: His Own Man · Self
- Fail Safe · Director
- High Fidelity · Director
- The Hi-Lo Country · Director
- Beyond Fear · Executive producer
- Howard Hawks: American Artist · Narrator
- The Van · Director
- Mary Reilly · Director
- Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema · Director
- Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties · Self
- The Snapper · Director
- Hero · Director
- Director: Alan Clarke
- The Grifters · Director
- Dangerous Liaisons · Director
- Mr Jolly Lives Next Door · Director
- Sammy and Rosie Get Laid · Director
- Prick Up Your Ears · Director