Stephen Frears
Directing
Born: 1941-06-20 in Leicester, England, UK
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
Chéri
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Self
Great Directors
Self
Omnibus
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
Great British Menu
Self - Guest Judge
Forever Ealing
Self
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
Reel Britannia
Self
Heavy Rain
Himself
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Self (archive footage)
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
Narrator
30 Years of Comic Strip
Cast & Crew: If....
Self - Interviewee
Long Shot
Biscuit Man
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self
Kulturplatz
Self
She's French
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
Director: Alan Clarke
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Self
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
Self