Stephen Frears
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.
Acted in
A Look Through His Lens
2024
as Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022
as Self
Reel Britannia
2022
as Self
Back to Barrytown
2021
as Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020
as Self
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019
as Himself
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018
as Self
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
as Self
She's French
2017
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
as Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
as Self
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011
as Self
Heavy Rain
2010
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009
as Self
Great Directors
2009
as Self
Chéri
2009
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
as Self
Cast & Crew: If....
2004
as Self - Interviewee
Forever Ealing
2002
as Self
Robert Altman in England
2002
as Himself
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
2001
as Narrator
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000
as Self
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997
as Narrator
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
Director: Alan Clarke
1991
Hooray For Holyrood
1986
as Self
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985
as Self
Long Shot
1978
as Biscuit Man
Incident
1971
as Man