Stephen Frears
Directing
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.
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Omnibus
1967
Kulturplatz
2004
Great British Menu
2006
Chéri
2009
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000
Reel Britannia
2022
Heavy Rain
2010
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
Back to Barrytown
2021
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022
Great Directors
2009
Forever Ealing
2002
Michael Powell
2005
Long Shot
1978
A Look Through His Lens
2024
Director: Alan Clarke
1991
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997
Robert Altman in England
2002
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
2004
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020
Hooray For Holyrood
1986
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything
2026
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018
She's French
2018
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019
Cast & Crew: If....
2004
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019
Incident
1971
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
2001
On the crew 85
Play for Today
1970
Screen Two
1985
ITV Playhouse
1967
Playhouse
1974
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Regime
2024
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Second City Firsts
1973
The Loudest Voice
2019
The Queen
2006
High Fidelity
2000
Dangerous Liaisons
1988
A Very English Scandal
2018
Victoria & Abdul
2017
State of the Union
2019
Follyfoot
1971
The Grifters
1990
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
Sporting Scenes
1973
Full House
1972
Dirty Pretty Things
2002
Hero
1992
Philomena
2013
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985
Quiz
2020
Mary Reilly
1996
The Lost King
2022
Chéri
2009
The Hit
1984
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
Tamara Drewe
2010
The Program
2015
Fail Safe
2000
Brian and Maggie
2025
Tom Grattan's War
1968
Lay the Favorite
2012
The Hi-Lo Country
1998
Parkin's Patch
1969
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
The Snapper
1993
Going Gently
1981
Play Things
1976
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
The Deal
2003
Bloody Kids
1980
The Van
1996
Afternoon Off
1979
Le court des grands
2005
Night Will Fall
2014
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
Liam
2001
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
1966
One Fine Day
1979
Jean Charles
2009
December Flower
1984
Wilder & Me
Gumshoe
1971
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983
Walter and June
1983
Sunset Across the Bay
1975
Match of the Day
1974
The Route V50
2004
Three Men in a Boat
1975
Walter
1982
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
Able's Will
1977
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978
Last Summer
1977
Cold Harbour
1978
The Tractor Factor
1982
A Day Out
1972
Doris and Doreen
1978
Early Struggles
1976
Eletrodoméstica
2005
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1984
Long Distance Information
1979
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
Beyond Fear
1997
Black Christmas
1977
The Burning
1968
Song of Experience
1986
Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons
2021