Stephen Frears
Directing
Born 1941-06-20 · 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.
Known for
Long Shot
1978 · Movie
Chéri
2009 · Movie
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
2001 · Movie
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000 · Movie
Forever Ealing
2002 · Movie
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022 · Movie
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025 · Movie
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995 · Movie
Heavy Rain
2010 · Movie
Great Directors
2009 · Movie
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024 · Movie
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012 · Movie
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015 · Movie
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007 · Movie
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018 · Movie
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014 · Movie
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003 · Movie
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020 · Movie
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016 · Movie
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011 · Movie
Director: Alan Clarke
1991 · Movie
Michael Powell
2005 · Movie
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023 · Movie
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009 · Movie
Cast & Crew: If....
2004 · Movie
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985 · Movie
She's French
2018 · Movie
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015 · Movie
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019 · Movie
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018 · Movie