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.
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Movies (41)
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
2024
A Look Through His Lens
as Self
2024
The Rise of the Comic Strip
as Self
2023
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
as Self
2022
The Lost King
Director (Directing)
2022
Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons
Original Film Writer (Writing)
2021
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
as Self
2020
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
as Self
2019
Who Killed British Cinema?
as Self
2018
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018
Victoria & Abdul
Director (Directing)
2017
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
as Self
2017
She's French
2017
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
as Self
2016
Florence Foster Jenkins
Writer (Writing)
2016
The Program
Director (Directing)
2015
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
2015
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
2014
Night Will Fall
Executive Producer (Production)
2014
Philomena
Director (Directing)
2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Director (Directing)
2013
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Lay the Favorite
Director (Directing)
2012
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
as Self
2011
Tamara Drewe
Director (Directing)
2010
Heavy Rain
as Himself
2010
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
as Self
2009
Jean Charles
Executive Producer (Production)
2009
Great Directors
as Self
2009
Chéri
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2009
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
2007
The Making of 'The Queen'
as Self
2007
The Queen
Director (Directing)
2006
Le court des grands
Director (Directing)
2005
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Director (Directing)
2005
Michael Powell
2005
Cast & Crew: If....
as Self - Interviewee
2004
TV Shows (9)
Brian and Maggie
Director (Directing)
2025
The Regime
Executive Producer (Production)
2024
Reel Britannia
as Self
2022
Back to Barrytown
as Self
2021
Quiz
Executive Producer (Production)
2020
The Loudest Voice
Director (Directing)
2019
State of the Union
Executive Producer (Production)
2019
A Very English Scandal
Director (Directing)
2018
Kulturplatz
as Self
2004