Stephen Frears
Born
June 20, 1941 (84 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Leicester, 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.
In 2008, The Daily Telegraph named Frears among the 100 most influential people in British culture.
Known For

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
2024

A Look Through His Lens
Self
2024

The Rise of the Comic Strip
Self
2023

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Self
2022

Reel Britannia
Self · (4 episodes)
2022

Back to Barrytown
Self · (2 episodes)
2021

In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Self
2020
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019

Memories of Lindsay Anderson
Self
2019

Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
2018

Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Self
2017

She's French
2017

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
2016

Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015

French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
2015

Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
2014

30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Self
2011

Heavy Rain
Himself
2010

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Self
2009

Great Directors
Self
2009

Chéri
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2009

Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
2007

Michael Powell
2005

Kulturplatz
Self · (1 episode)
2004

Cast & Crew: If....
Self - Interviewee
2004

100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
2003

Forever Ealing
Self
2002
Robert Altman in England
Himself
2002

All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
Narrator
2001

Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Self
2000
Howard Hawks: American Artist
Narrator
1997

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self · (1 episode)
1993

Director: Alan Clarke
1991
Hooray For Holyrood
Self
1986

Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self
1985

Long Shot
Biscuit Man
1978
Incident
Man
1971