Stephen Frears

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

43

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-06-20 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Leicester, England, UK

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.

Known For

  • Kulturplatz

    Kulturplatz

  • Heavy Rain

    Heavy Rain

  • Long Shot

    Long Shot

  • All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar

    All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar

  • Here’s Looking at You, Boy

    Here’s Looking at You, Boy

  • My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

  • Forever Ealing

    Forever Ealing

  • Chéri

    Chéri

  • Incident

    Incident

  • Michael Powell

    Michael Powell

  • Great Directors

    Great Directors

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

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

  • Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

    Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

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

    Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters

  • Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

    Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

  • Henri Langlois vu par...

    Henri Langlois vu par...

  • Who Killed British Cinema?

    Who Killed British Cinema?

  • Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

    Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

  • Il était une fois... « The Queen »

    Il était une fois... « The Queen »

  • Cast & Crew: If....

    Cast & Crew: If....

  • She's French

    She's French

  • Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

    Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

  • The Making of 'The Queen'

    The Making of 'The Queen'

  • Hooray For Holyrood

    Hooray For Holyrood

  • In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

    In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

  • Alan Clarke: His Own Man

    Alan Clarke: His Own Man

  • Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

    Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

  • Innes Lloyd: The Producer

    Innes Lloyd: The Producer

  • Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

    Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

  • Howard Hawks: American Artist

    Howard Hawks: American Artist

  • The Rise of the Comic Strip

    The Rise of the Comic Strip

  • Robert Altman in England

    Robert Altman in England

  • Director: Alan Clarke

    Director: Alan Clarke

  • Alec Guinness: A Class Act

    Alec Guinness: A Class Act

  • Back to Barrytown

    Back to Barrytown

  • French Cinema Mon Amour

    French Cinema Mon Amour

  • Reel Britannia

    Reel Britannia

  • 100 Greatest Sexy Moments

    100 Greatest Sexy Moments

  • A Look Through His Lens

    A Look Through His Lens

  • Memories of Lindsay Anderson

    Memories of Lindsay Anderson

  • 30 Years of Comic Strip

    30 Years of Comic Strip

  • Revisiting The Man in the White Suit

    Revisiting The Man in the White Suit

  • Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

    Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood