Stephen Frears
Known for Directing · 46 credits
- Born
- 1941-06-20 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Leicester, England, UK
- Also known as
- 스티븐 프리어즈 · Stephen Arthur Frears
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
TV Shows (6)
Movies (40)
Chéri
2009
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Heavy Rain
2010
as Himself
A Look Through His Lens
2024
as Self
Long Shot
1978
as Biscuit Man
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
as Self
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009
as Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
as Self
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
as Self
Director: Alan Clarke
1991
Great Directors
2009
as Self
Michael Powell
2005
Forever Ealing
2002
as Self
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
as Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022
as Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020
as Self
Cast & Crew: If....
2004
as Self - Interviewee
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
as Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018
as Self
Robert Altman in England
2002
as Self
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
2004
as Self (Archival)
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011
as Self
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000
as Self
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
as Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985
as Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
as Self
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997
as Narrator
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
as Self
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
Hooray For Holyrood
1986
as Self
She's French
2018
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
2001
as Narrator
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019
as Self
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019
Incident
1971
as Man
About 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'… With 46 credits spanning from 1967 to 2025, Stephen Frears has appeared in 40 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Stephen Frears Movies
- Chéri (2009) — as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Heavy Rain (2010) — as Himself
- A Look Through His Lens (2024) — as Self
- Long Shot (1978) — as Biscuit Man
- 30 Years of Comic Strip (2012)
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