Stephen Frears
Directing
Born June 20, 1941 · Leicester, England, UK
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.
Directed (60)
The Lost King
2022
Victoria & Abdul
2017
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
The Program
2015
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
Philomena
2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
Lay the Favorite
2012
Tamara Drewe
2010
Chéri
2009
The Queen
2006
Le court des grands
2005
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
The Route V50
2004
The Deal
2003
Dirty Pretty Things
2002
Liam
2001
Fail Safe
2000
High Fidelity
2000
The Hi-Lo Country
1998
The Van
1996
Mary Reilly
1996
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
The Snapper
1993
Hero
1992
The Grifters
1990
Dangerous Liaisons
1988
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
Song of Experience
1986
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985
December Flower
1984
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1984
The Hit
1984
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983
Walter and June
1983
Walter
1982
Going Gently
1981
Bloody Kids
1980
Long Distance Information
1979
One Fine Day
1979
Afternoon Off
1979
Doris and Doreen
1978
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
Cold Harbour
1978
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978
Black Christmas
1977
Able's Will
1977
Last Summer
1977
Play Things
1976
Early Struggles
1976
Three Men in a Boat
1975
Sunset Across the Bay
1975
Match of the Day
1974
A Day Out
1972
Gumshoe
1971
The Burning
1968
Wilder & Me
Acting (39)
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
A Look Through His Lens
2024
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
She's French
2017
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011
Heavy Rain
2010
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009
Great Directors
2009
Chéri
2009
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
Michael Powell
2005
Cast & Crew: If....
2004
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
