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.
Filmography
Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything
Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self (archive footage)
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self (archive footage)
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
A Look Through His Lens
as Self
A Look Through His Lens
as Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip
as Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip
as Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
as Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
as Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
as Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
as Self
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
as Self
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
as Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
as Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
as Self
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
She's French
She's French
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
as Self
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
as Self
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
as Self
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
as Self
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
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
30 Years of Comic Strip
30 Years of Comic Strip
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
as Self
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
as Self
Heavy Rain
as Himself
Heavy Rain
as Himself
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
as Self
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
as Self
Great Directors
as Self
Great Directors
as Self
Chéri
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Chéri
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
as Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
as Self
Michael Powell
Michael Powell
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
as Self (Archival)
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
as Self (Archival)
Cast & Crew: If....
as Self - Interviewee
Cast & Crew: If....
as Self - Interviewee
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self
Forever Ealing
as Self
Forever Ealing
as Self
Robert Altman in England
as Self
Robert Altman in England
as Self
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
as Narrator
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
as Narrator
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
as Self
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
as Self
Howard Hawks: American Artist
as Narrator
Howard Hawks: American Artist
as Narrator
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
Director: Alan Clarke
Director: Alan Clarke
Hooray For Holyrood
as Self
Hooray For Holyrood
as Self
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
as Self
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
as Self
Long Shot
as Biscuit Man
Long Shot
as Biscuit Man
Incident
as Man
Incident
as Man