Stephen Frears
Known for DirectingBorn 1941-06-20Leicester, England, UK
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.
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In 2008, The Daily Telegraph named Frears among the 100 most influential people in British culture.
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Chéri
2009 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Forever Ealing
2002 · as Self
Michael Powell
2005
Heavy Rain
2010 · as Himself
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003 · as Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014 · as Self
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
2004 · as Self (Archival)
Great Directors
2009 · as Self
She's French
2018
Director: Alan Clarke
1991
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025 · as Self (archive footage)
French Cinema Mon Amour
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Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016 · as Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022 · as Self
Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything
2026
A Look Through His Lens
2024 · as Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020 · as Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007 · as Self