Stephen Frears

Person Details

Birthday: 1941-06-20 19:04:19

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Leicester, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 81

TV Involvements: 15

Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2023	N/A	imagine... Stephen Frears: Director for Hire 2023-03-20 Movie
2022	Self	Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel 2022-10-16 Movie
	Self	Reel Britannia 2022-06-09 TV Show
2020	Self	In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat 2020-08-13 Movie
2019	N/A	Revisiting The Man in the White Suit 2019-09-03 Movie
	Himself	Memories of Lindsay Anderson 2019-06-22 Movie
2018	Himself	Who Killed British Cinema? 2018-11-26 Movie
	N/A	Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters 2018-05-21 Movie
2017	N/A	She's French 2017-01-01 Movie
2015	N/A	Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe 2015-07-21 Movie
	Self	French Cinema Mon Amour 2015-07-06 Movie
2014	Self	Henri Langlois vu par... 2014-07-27 Movie
2012	N/A	30 Years of Comic Strip 2012-11-03 Movie
	N/A	My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment 2012-01-16 Movie
2011	Self	Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood 2011-03-14 Movie
2010	N/A	Heavy Rain 2010-02-23 Movie
2009	Self	Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' 2009-06-29 Movie
	Self	Great Directors 2009-05-19 Movie
	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	Chéri 2009-04-08 Movie
2007	Self	Here’s Looking at You, Boy 2007-02-16 Movie
2004	Self - Interviewee	Cast & Crew: If.... 2004-06-12 Movie
2002	Self	Forever Ealing 2002-12-05 Movie
	Himself	Robert Altman in England 2002-02-03 Movie
2001	Narrator	All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar 2001-12-22 Movie
2000	Himself	Alan Clarke: His Own Man 2000-09-18 Movie
1997	Narrator	Howard Hawks: American Artist 1997-01-01 Movie
1995	N/A	Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema 1995-04-14 Movie
1993	Self	Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties 1993-09-05 TV Show
1991	N/A	Director: Alan Clarke 1991-07-12 Movie
1986	Himself	Hooray For Holyrood 1986-08-13 Movie
1985	N/A	Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman 1985-12-31 Movie
1978	Biscuit Man	Long Shot 1978-11-17 Movie
1971	Man	Incident 1971-01-01 Movie
	N/A	A Look Through His Lens Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Director	The Regime 2024-03-03 TV Show
2022	Director	The Lost King 2022-10-07 Movie
2020	Director	Quiz 2020-04-13 TV Show
2019	Director	The Loudest Voice 2019-06-30 TV Show
	Director	State of the Union 2019-05-06 TV Show
2018	Director	A Very English Scandal 2018-05-20 TV Show
2017	Director	Victoria & Abdul 2017-09-13 Movie
2016	Director	Florence Foster Jenkins 2016-05-06 Movie
2015	Director	The Program 2015-09-16 Movie
2014	Director	Henri Langlois vu par... 2014-07-27 Movie
2013	Director	Philomena 2013-11-01 Movie
	Director	Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight 2013-10-04 Movie
2012	Director	Lay the Favorite 2012-06-22 Movie
2010	Director	Tamara Drewe 2010-07-14 Movie
2009	Director	Chéri 2009-04-08 Movie
2006	Director	The Queen 2006-09-15 Movie
2005	Director	Le court des grands 2005-11-30 Movie
	Director	Mrs. Henderson Presents 2005-09-08 Movie
2004	Director	The Route V50 2004-03-01 Movie
2003	Director	The Deal 2003-09-28 Movie
2002	Director	Dirty Pretty Things 2002-09-05 Movie
2001	Director	Liam 2001-01-23 Movie
2000	Director	Fail Safe 2000-04-09 Movie
	Director	High Fidelity 2000-03-17 Movie
1998	Director	The Hi-Lo Country 1998-12-30 Movie
1996	Director	The Van 1996-05-11 Movie
	Director	Mary Reilly 1996-02-23 Movie
1995	Director	Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema 1995-04-14 Movie
1993	Director	The Snapper 1993-08-06 Movie
1992	Director	Hero 1992-10-02 Movie
1990	Director	The Grifters 1990-08-08 Movie
1988	Director	Dangerous Liaisons 1988-12-21 Movie
	Director	Mr Jolly Lives Next Door 1988-03-05 Movie
1987	Director	Sammy and Rosie Get Laid 1987-10-30 Movie
	Director	Prick Up Your Ears 1987-04-17 Movie
1986	Director	Song of Experience 1986-02-16 Movie
1985	Director	My Beautiful Laundrette 1985-11-16 Movie
1984	Director	December Flower 1984-12-23 Movie
	Director	The Bullshitters: Roll out the Gunbarrel 1984-11-03 Movie
	Director	The Hit 1984-09-07 Movie
1983	Director	Saigon: Year Of The Cat 1983-11-29 Movie
	Director	Walter and June 1983-04-30 Movie
1982	Director	The Comic Strip Presents 1982-11-02 TV Show
	Director	Walter 1982-11-02 Movie
1981	Director	Going Gently 1981-06-05 Movie
1980	Director	Bloody Kids 1980-03-22 Movie
1979	Director	Long Distance Information 1979-10-11 Movie
	Director	One Fine Day 1979-02-17 Movie
	Director	Afternoon Off 1979-02-03 Movie
1978	Director	Doris and Doreen 1978-12-16 Movie
	Director	Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf 1978-12-02 Movie
	Director	A Visit from Miss Prothero 1978-01-11 Movie
1977	Director	Black Christmas 1977-12-20 Movie
	Director	Last Summer 1977-07-22 Movie
1976	Director	Early Struggles 1976-03-30 Movie
1975	Director	Three Men in a Boat 1975-12-31 Movie
	Director	Sunset Across the Bay 1975-02-20 Movie
1974	Director	Match of the Day 1974-03-18 Movie
	Director	Playhouse 1974-03-13 TV Show
1972	Director	A Day Out 1972-12-24 Movie
1971	Director	Gumshoe 1971-12-01 Movie
	Director	Follyfoot 1971-06-28 TV Show
1970	Director	Play for Today 1970-10-15 TV Show
1968	Director	The Burning 1968-07-01 Movie
1966	Assistant Director	Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment 1966-04-03 Movie
	Director	Billy Wilder and Me Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Executive Producer	The Regime 2024-03-03 TV Show
2020	Executive Producer	Quiz 2020-04-13 TV Show
2019	Executive Producer	State of the Union 2019-05-06 TV Show
2018	Executive Producer	A Very English Scandal 2018-05-20 TV Show
2014	Executive Producer	Night Will Fall 2014-06-07 Movie
	Producer	Night Will Fall 2014-06-07 Movie
2009	Executive Producer	Jean Charles 2009-06-26 Movie
1997	Executive Producer	Beyond Fear 1997-03-30 Movie
1979	Producer	One Fine Day 1979-02-17 Movie
	Producer	Afternoon Off 1979-02-03 Movie
1978	Producer	Doris and Doreen 1978-12-16 Movie
1977	Producer	Last Summer 1977-07-22 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv