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

  • Incident

    Incident

  • Forever Ealing

    Forever Ealing

  • Michael Powell

    Michael Powell

  • Cast & Crew: If....

    Cast & Crew: If....

  • Chéri

    Chéri

  • Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

    Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

  • Henri Langlois vu par...

    Henri Langlois vu par...

  • Robert Altman in England

    Robert Altman in England

  • Long Shot

    Long Shot

  • In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

    In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

  • She's French

    She's French

  • Director: Alan Clarke

    Director: Alan Clarke

  • Howard Hawks: American Artist

    Howard Hawks: American Artist

  • Reel Britannia

    Reel Britannia

  • Innes Lloyd: The Producer

    Innes Lloyd: The Producer

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

    Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

  • 100 Greatest Sexy Moments

    100 Greatest Sexy Moments

  • Back to Barrytown

    Back to Barrytown

  • Heavy Rain

    Heavy Rain

  • Great Directors

    Great Directors

  • A Look Through His Lens

    A Look Through His Lens

  • 30 Years of Comic Strip

    30 Years of Comic Strip

  • French Cinema Mon Amour

    French Cinema Mon Amour

  • The Making of 'The Queen'

    The Making of 'The Queen'

  • Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

    Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

  • Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

    Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

  • Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

    Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

  • Alan Clarke: His Own Man

    Alan Clarke: His Own Man

  • Here’s Looking at You, Boy

    Here’s Looking at You, Boy

  • Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

    Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

  • The Rise of the Comic Strip

    The Rise of the Comic Strip

  • Hooray For Holyrood

    Hooray For Holyrood

  • Alec Guinness: A Class Act

    Alec Guinness: A Class Act

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

    Il était une fois... « The Queen »

  • Who Killed British Cinema?

    Who Killed British Cinema?

  • All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar

    All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar

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

    Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters

  • Revisiting The Man in the White Suit

    Revisiting The Man in the White Suit

  • Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

    Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

  • My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

    My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

  • 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

  • Memories of Lindsay Anderson

    Memories of Lindsay Anderson