
Stephen Frears
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.
Acting (29 movies)

All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
2001

Chéri
2009

Forever Ealing
2002

Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007

Heavy Rain
2010

30 Years of Comic Strip
2012

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022

She's French
2017

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011

French Cinema Mon Amour
2015

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995

Great Directors
2009

Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000

Cast & Crew: If....
2004

Director: Alan Clarke
1991

Long Shot
1978

Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018

In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009

Who Killed British Cinema?
2018

Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985

Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019

Henri Langlois vu par...
2014

Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015

Michael Powell
2005

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016

The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024

100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
Directing (59 movies)

High Fidelity
2000

The Queen
2006

The Hi-Lo Country
1998

Dangerous Liaisons
1988

Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005

Dirty Pretty Things
2002

My Beautiful Laundrette
1985

Hero
1992

Chéri
2009

Fail Safe
2000

The Van
1996

The Burning
1968

Mary Reilly
1996

The Snapper
1993

Gumshoe
1971

Prick Up Your Ears
1987

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987

The Deal
2003

Tamara Drewe
2010

The Grifters
1990

Last Summer
1977

Liam
2001

Bloody Kids
1980

The Hit
1984

Lay the Favorite
2012

Walter
1982

Three Men in a Boat
1975

Sunset Across the Bay
1975

A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978

A Day Out
1972

Philomena
2013

Walter and June
1983

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013

The Route V50
2004

One Fine Day
1979

The Program
2015

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988

Match of the Day
1974

Florence Foster Jenkins
2016

Le court des grands
2005

The Lost King
2022

The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1984

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978

Doris and Doreen
1978

Afternoon Off
1979

Going Gently
1981

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986

Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983

Victoria & Abdul
2017

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
Cold Harbour
1978

Long Distance Information
1979

Song of Experience
1986

December Flower
1984

Black Christmas
1977

Henri Langlois vu par...
2014

Early Struggles
1976

Play Things
1976

Able's Will
1977
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Last Summer | 1977 | Producer |
| Doris and Doreen | 1978 | Producer |
| Afternoon Off | 1979 | Producer |
| One Fine Day | 1979 | Producer |
| Beyond Fear | 1997 | Executive Producer |
| Jean Charles | 2009 | Executive Producer |
| Night Will Fall | 2014 | Producer |
| Night Will Fall | 2014 | Executive Producer |
| Florence Foster Jenkins | 2016 | Writer |