Stephen Frears
Born in Leicester, England, UK — Jun 20 1941
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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…
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Stephen Frears's Credits
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Play for Today
Directing
Playhouse
Directing
BBC2 Play of the Week
Directing
The Comic Strip Presents...
Directing
The Loudest Voice
Directing
State of the Union
Production
The Regime
Production
A Very English Scandal
Directing
High Fidelity
Directing
Quiz
Production
The Grifters
Directing
Dangerous Liaisons
Directing
Hero
Directing
The Queen
Directing
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self
Follyfoot
Directing
Chéri
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Brian and Maggie
Directing
The Hit
Directing
Victoria & Abdul
Directing
Philomena
Directing
Florence Foster Jenkins
Directing
Back to Barrytown
Self
Mary Reilly
Directing
Reel Britannia
Self
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Directing
The Program
Directing
Lay the Favorite
Directing
Dirty Pretty Things
Directing
My Beautiful Laundrette
Directing
Prick Up Your Ears
Directing
The Van
Directing
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Self
Fail Safe
Directing
The Lost King
Directing
Gumshoe
Directing
The Hi-Lo Country
Directing
The Snapper
Directing
Heavy Rain
Himself
The Route V50
Directing
The Deal
Directing
Able's Will
Directing
Tamara Drewe
Directing
Le court des grands
Directing
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
Wilder & Me
Directing
Liam
Directing
A Look Through His Lens
Self
One Fine Day
Directing
Walter
Directing
Howard Hawks: American Artist
Narrator
Great Directors
Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
Doris and Doreen
Production
A Day Out
Directing
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Self
Long Shot
Biscuit Man
Afternoon Off
Directing
The Making of 'The Queen'
Self
30 Years of Comic Strip
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Directing
Hooray For Holyrood
Self
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
Directing
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Self
Forever Ealing
Self
Michael Powell
Cast & Crew: If....
Self - Interviewee
Night Will Fall
Production
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
Three Men in a Boat
Directing
Cold Harbour
Directing
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Directing
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Directing
Play Things
Directing
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Self
Walter and June
Directing
Bloody Kids
Directing
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
Jean Charles
Production
Sunset Across the Bay
Directing
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Self
Robert Altman in England
Himself
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Directing
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Self
Director: Alan Clarke
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Directing
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
The Burning
Directing
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Directing
Early Struggles
Directing
Long Distance Information
Directing
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Camera
Beyond Fear
Production
December Flower
Directing
Song of Experience
Directing
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Self (archive footage)
Going Gently
Directing
A Visit from Miss Prothero
Directing
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self
Last Summer
Directing
She's French
Black Christmas
Directing
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
Match of the Day
Directing
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
Self
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
Narrator
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
Eletrodoméstica
Crew
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
Incident
Man
Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons
Writing