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Stephen Frears
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
June 20, 1941
Age
85 years old
Place of Birth
Leicester, England, UK
Popularity Score
1.1
Filmography
Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything
2026Movie
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Self (archive footage)
2025Movie
Brian and Maggie
Executive Producer
2025TV
Brian and Maggie
Director
2025TV
A Look Through His Lens
Self
2024Movie
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
2024Movie
The Regime
Executive Producer
2024TV
The Regime
Director
2024TV
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Self
2023Movie
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Self
2022Movie
Reel Britannia
Self
2022TV
The Lost King
Director
2022Movie
Back to Barrytown
Self
2021TV
Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons
Original Film Writer
2021Movie
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Self
2020Movie
Quiz
Executive Producer
2020TV
Quiz
Director
2020TV
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
Self
2019Movie
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019Movie
State of the Union
Executive Producer
2019TV
The Loudest Voice
Director
2019TV
State of the Union
Director
2019TV
She's French
2018Movie
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018Movie
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
2018Movie
A Very English Scandal
Director
2018TV
A Very English Scandal
Executive Producer
2018TV
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Self
2017Movie
Victoria & Abdul
Director
2017Movie
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
2016Movie
Florence Foster Jenkins
Director
2016Movie
Florence Foster Jenkins
Writer
2016Movie
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
2015Movie
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015Movie
The Program
Director
2015Movie
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
2014Movie
Night Will Fall
Executive Producer
2014Movie
Night Will Fall
Producer
2014Movie
Henri Langlois vu par...
Director
2014Movie
Philomena
Director
2013Movie
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Director
2013Movie
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012Movie
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012Movie
Lay the Favorite
Director
2012Movie
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Self
2011Movie
Heavy Rain
Himself
2010Movie
Tamara Drewe
Director
2010Movie
Chéri
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2009Movie
Great Directors
Self
2009Movie
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Self
2009Movie
Chéri
Director
2009Movie
Jean Charles
Executive Producer
2009Movie
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
2007Movie
The Making of 'The Queen'
Self
2007Movie
Great British Menu
Self - Guest Judge
2006TV
The Queen
Director
2006Movie
Michael Powell
2005Movie
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Director
2005Movie
Le court des grands
Director
2005Movie
Eletrodoméstica
Thanks
2005Movie
Cast & Crew: If....
Self - Interviewee
2004Movie
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
Self (Archival)
2004Movie
Kulturplatz
Self
2004TV
The Route V50
Director
2004Movie
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
2003Movie
The Deal
Director
2003Movie
Forever Ealing
Self
2002Movie
Robert Altman in England
Self
2002Movie
Dirty Pretty Things
Director
2002Movie
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
Narrator
2001Movie
Liam
Director
2001Movie
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Self
2000Movie
High Fidelity
Director
2000Movie
Fail Safe
Director
2000Movie
The Hi-Lo Country
Director
1998Movie
Howard Hawks: American Artist
Narrator
1997Movie
Beyond Fear
Executive Producer
1997Movie
The Van
Director
1996Movie
Mary Reilly
Director
1996Movie
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995Movie
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
Director
1995Movie
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self
1993TV
The Snapper
Director
1993Movie
Hero
Director
1992Movie
Director: Alan Clarke
1991Movie
The Grifters
Director
1990Movie
Dangerous Liaisons
Director
1988Movie
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Director
1988Movie
Prick Up Your Ears
Director
1987Movie
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Director
1987Movie
Hooray For Holyrood
Self
1986Movie
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Director of Photography
1986Movie
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Director
1986Movie
Song of Experience
Director
1986Movie
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self
1985Movie
My Beautiful Laundrette
Director
1985Movie
Screen Two
Director
1985TV
The Hit
Director
1984Movie
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
Director
1984Movie
December Flower
Director
1984Movie
Walter and June
Director
1983Movie
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Director
1983Movie
Walter
Director
1982Movie
The Tractor Factor
Director
1982Movie
The Comic Strip Presents...
Director
1982TV
Going Gently
Director
1981Movie
Bloody Kids
Director
1980Movie
One Fine Day
Director
1979Movie
Afternoon Off
Director
1979Movie
Long Distance Information
Director
1979Movie
One Fine Day
Producer
1979Movie
Afternoon Off
Producer
1979Movie
Long Shot
Biscuit Man
1978Movie
A Visit from Miss Prothero
Director
1978Movie
Doris and Doreen
Producer
1978Movie
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Director
1978Movie
Doris and Doreen
Director
1978Movie
Cold Harbour
Director
1978Movie
Last Summer
Director
1977Movie
Last Summer
Producer
1977Movie
Black Christmas
Director
1977Movie
Able's Will
Director
1977Movie
BBC2 Play of the Week
Director
1977TV
Early Struggles
Director
1976Movie
Play Things
Director
1976Movie
Three Men in a Boat
Director
1975Movie
Sunset Across the Bay
Director
1975Movie
Match of the Day
Director
1974Movie
Playhouse
Director
1974TV
Second City Firsts
Director
1973TV
Sporting Scenes
Director
1973TV
A Day Out
Director
1972Movie
Full House
Director
1972TV
Incident
Man
1971Movie
Gumshoe
Director
1971Movie
Follyfoot
Director
1971TV
Play for Today
Director
1970TV
Parkin's Patch
Director
1969TV
The Burning
Director
1968Movie
Tom Grattan's War
Director
1968TV
Omnibus
1967TV
ITV Playhouse
Director
1967TV
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Assistant Director
1966Movie
Wilder & Me
Director
—Movie