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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.

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

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