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 |