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Stephen Frears

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
47

Gender
Male

Birthday
June 20, 1941 (85 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

Directing

2025Brian and Maggie...Director
2025Brian and Maggie...Director
2025Brian and Maggie...Director
2024The Regime...Director
2022The Lost King...Director
2020Quiz...Director
2019The Loudest Voice...Director
2019State of the Union...Director
2018A Very English Scandal...Director
2017Victoria & Abdul...Director
2016Florence Foster Jenkins...Director
2015The Program...Director
2014Henri Langlois vu par......Director
2013Philomena...Director
2013Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight...Director
2012Lay the Favorite...Director
2010Tamara Drewe...Director
2009Chéri...Director
2006The Queen...Director
2005Le court des grands...Director
2005Mrs. Henderson Presents...Director
2004The Route V50...Director
2003The Deal...Director
2002Dirty Pretty Things...Director
2001Liam...Director
2000Fail Safe...Director
2000High Fidelity...Director
1998The Hi-Lo Country...Director
1996The Van...Director
1996Mary Reilly...Director
1995Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema...Director
1993The Snapper...Director
1992Hero...Director
1990The Grifters...Director
1988Dangerous Liaisons...Director
1988Mr Jolly Lives Next Door...Director
1987Sammy and Rosie Get Laid...Director
1987Prick Up Your Ears...Director
1986Song of Experience...Director
1986Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)...Director
1985My Beautiful Laundrette...Director
1985Screen Two...Director
1984December Flower...Director
1984The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel...Director
1984The Hit...Director
1983Saigon: Year of the Cat...Director
1983Walter and June...Director
1982Walter...Director
1982The Comic Strip Presents......Director
1982The Tractor Factor...Director
1981Going Gently...Director
1980Bloody Kids...Director
1979Long Distance Information...Director
1979One Fine Day...Director
1979Afternoon Off...Director
1978Doris and Doreen...Director
1978Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf...Director
1978Cold Harbour...Director
1978A Visit from Miss Prothero...Director
1977Black Christmas...Director
1977Able's Will...Director
1977BBC2 Play of the Week...Director
1977Last Summer...Director
1976Play Things...Director
1976Early Struggles...Director
1975Three Men in a Boat...Director
1975Sunset Across the Bay...Director
1974Match of the Day...Director
1974Playhouse...Director
1973Second City Firsts...Director
1972A Day Out...Director
1972Full House...Director
1971Gumshoe...Director
1971Follyfoot...Director
1970Play for Today...Director
1969Parkin's Patch...Director
1968Tom Grattan's War...Director
1968The Burning...Director
1967ITV Playhouse...Director
1966Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment...Assistant Director
Wilder & Me...Director

Production

2025Brian and Maggie...Executive Producer
2024The Regime...Executive Producer
2020Quiz...Executive Producer
2019State of the Union...Executive Producer
2018A Very English Scandal...Executive Producer
2014Night Will Fall...Executive Producer
2014Night Will Fall...Producer
2009Jean Charles...Executive Producer
1997Beyond Fear...Executive Producer
1979One Fine Day...Producer
1979Afternoon Off...Producer
1978Doris and Doreen...Producer
1977Last Summer...Producer

Writing

2021Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons...Original Film Writer
2016Florence Foster Jenkins...Writer

Crew

2005Eletrodoméstica...Thanks

Camera

1986Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)...Director of Photography

Acting

2026Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everythingas
2025Innes Lloyd: The Produceras Self (archive footage)
2024Alec Guinness: A Class Actas self
2024A Look Through His Lensas Self
2023The Rise of the Comic Stripas Self
2022Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebelas Self
2022Reel Britanniaas Self
2021Back to Barrytownas Self
2020In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplatas Self
2019Revisiting The Man in the White Suitas
2019Memories of Lindsay Andersonas Self
2018Who Killed British Cinema?as Self
2018Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Griftersas
2018She's Frenchas
2017Il était une fois... « The Queen »as Self
2016Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Lightas Self
2015Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabeas
2015French Cinema Mon Amouras Self
2014Henri Langlois vu par...as Self
201230 Years of Comic Stripas
2012My Friend Sam: Living for the Momentas
2011Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywoodas Self
2010Heavy Rainas Himself
2009Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'as Self
2009Great Directorsas Self
2009Chérias Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2007Here’s Looking at You, Boyas Self
2007The Making of 'The Queen'as Self
2006Great British Menuas Self - Guest Judge
2005Michael Powellas
2004Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?as Self (Archival)
2004Kulturplatzas Self
2004Cast & Crew: If....as Self - Interviewee
2003100 Greatest Sexy Momentsas Self
2002Forever Ealingas Self
2002Robert Altman in Englandas Self
2001All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovaras Narrator
2000Alan Clarke: His Own Manas Self
1997Howard Hawks: American Artistas Narrator
1995Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinemaas
1993Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixtiesas Self
1991Director: Alan Clarkeas
1986Hooray For Holyroodas Self
1985Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameramanas Self
1978Long Shotas Biscuit Man
1971Incidentas Man
1967Omnibusas