Person
Stephen Frears
Directing · Born 1941-06-20 · Leicester, England, UK
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.
Known for
Screen Two
Director
Play for Today
Director
ITV Playhouse
Director
Omnibus
1967
Playhouse
Director
Great British Menu
Self - Guest Judge
Kulturplatz
Self
The Comic Strip Presents...
Director
BBC2 Play of the Week
Director
The Regime
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2026Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything
- 2025Innes Lloyd: The ProducerSelf (archive footage)
- 2025Brian and MaggieDirector
- 2025Brian and MaggieDirector
- 2025Brian and MaggieDirector
- 2024Alec Guinness: A Class Actself
- 2024The RegimeExecutive Producer
- 2024A Look Through His LensSelf
- 2023The Rise of the Comic StripSelf
- 2022Hans Zimmer: Hollywood RebelSelf
- 2022The Lost KingDirector
- 2022Reel BritanniaSelf
- 2021Short Cuts: Dangerous LiaisonsOriginal Film Writer
- 2021Back to BarrytownSelf
- 2020In The Tracks Of - Alexandre DesplatSelf
- 2020QuizExecutive Producer
- 2019Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
- 2019The Loudest VoiceDirector
- 2019Memories of Lindsay AndersonSelf
- 2019State of the UnionExecutive Producer
- 2018Who Killed British Cinema?Self
- 2018Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
- 2018A Very English ScandalDirector
- 2018She's French
- 2017Victoria & AbdulDirector
- 2017Il était une fois... « The Queen »Self
- 2016Alan Clarke: Out of His Own LightSelf
- 2016Florence Foster JenkinsWriter
- 2015The ProgramDirector
- 2015Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
- 2015French Cinema Mon AmourSelf
- 2014Henri Langlois vu par...Self
- 2014Night Will FallExecutive Producer
- 2013PhilomenaDirector
- 2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightDirector
- 201230 Years of Comic Strip
- 2012Lay the FavoriteDirector
- 2012My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
- 2011Hans Zimmer: The Sound of HollywoodSelf
- 2010Tamara DreweDirector
- 2010Heavy RainHimself
- 2009Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'Self
- 2009Jean CharlesExecutive Producer
- 2009Great DirectorsSelf
- 2009ChériNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2007Here’s Looking at You, BoySelf
- 2007The Making of 'The Queen'Self
- 2006The QueenDirector
- 2006Great British MenuSelf - Guest Judge
- 2005Le court des grandsDirector
- 2005Mrs. Henderson PresentsDirector
- 2005EletrodomésticaThanks
- 2005Michael Powell
- 2004Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?Self (Archival)
- 2004KulturplatzSelf
- 2004Cast & Crew: If....Self - Interviewee
- 2004The Route V50Director
- 2003100 Greatest Sexy MomentsSelf
- 2003The DealDirector
- 2002Forever EalingSelf
- 2002Dirty Pretty ThingsDirector
- 2002Robert Altman in EnglandSelf
- 2001All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro AlmodovarNarrator
- 2001LiamDirector
- 2000Alan Clarke: His Own ManSelf
- 2000Fail SafeDirector
- 2000High FidelityDirector
- 1998The Hi-Lo CountryDirector
- 1997Beyond FearExecutive Producer
- 1997Howard Hawks: American ArtistNarrator
- 1996The VanDirector
- 1996Mary ReillyDirector
- 1995Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
- 1993Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the SixtiesSelf
- 1993The SnapperDirector
- 1992HeroDirector
- 1991Director: Alan Clarke
- 1990The GriftersDirector
- 1988Dangerous LiaisonsDirector
- 1988Mr Jolly Lives Next DoorDirector
- 1987Sammy and Rosie Get LaidDirector
- 1987Prick Up Your EarsDirector
- 1986Hooray For HolyroodSelf
- 1986Song of ExperienceDirector
- 1986Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)Director of Photography
- 1985Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, CameramanSelf
- 1985My Beautiful LaundretteDirector
- 1985Screen TwoDirector
- 1984December FlowerDirector
- 1984The Bullshitters: Roll Out the GunbarrelDirector
- 1984The HitDirector
- 1983Saigon: Year of the CatDirector
- 1983Walter and JuneDirector
- 1982WalterDirector
- 1982The Comic Strip Presents...Director
- 1982The Tractor FactorDirector
- 1981Going GentlyDirector
- 1980Bloody KidsDirector
- 1979Long Distance InformationDirector
- 1979One Fine DayDirector
- 1979Afternoon OffDirector
- 1978Doris and DoreenProducer
- 1978Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia WoolfDirector
- 1978Long ShotBiscuit Man
- 1978Cold HarbourDirector
- 1978A Visit from Miss ProtheroDirector
- 1977Black ChristmasDirector
- 1977Able's WillDirector
- 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekDirector
- 1977Last SummerProducer
- 1976Play ThingsDirector
- 1976Early StrugglesDirector
- 1975Three Men in a BoatDirector
- 1975Sunset Across the BayDirector
- 1974Match of the DayDirector
- 1974PlayhouseDirector
- 1973Second City FirstsDirector
- 1972A Day OutDirector
- 1972Full HouseDirector
- 1971GumshoeDirector
- 1971FollyfootDirector
- 1971IncidentMan
- 1970Play for TodayDirector
- 1969Parkin's PatchDirector
- 1968Tom Grattan's WarDirector
- 1968The BurningDirector
- 1967Omnibus
- 1967ITV PlayhouseDirector
- 1966Morgan: A Suitable Case for TreatmentAssistant Director
- —Wilder & MeDirector
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