Stephen Frears

Birthday: 1941-06-20
Birthplace: Leicester, England, UK
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
Wilder & Me
2022-10-07 The Lost King
2017-09-13 Victoria & Abdul
2016-05-06 Florence Foster Jenkins
2015-09-16 The Program
2014-07-27 Henri Langlois vu par...
2013-11-01 Philomena
2013-10-04 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2012-06-22 Lay the Favorite
2010-07-14 Tamara Drewe
2009-04-08 Chéri
2006-09-15 The Queen
2005-11-30 Le court des grands
2005-09-08 Mrs. Henderson Presents
2004-03-01 The Route V50
2003-09-28 The Deal
2002-09-05 Dirty Pretty Things
2001-01-23 Liam
2000-04-09 Fail Safe
2000-03-17 High Fidelity
1998-12-30 The Hi-Lo Country
1996-11-29 The Van
1996-02-23 Mary Reilly
1995-04-14 Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1993-08-06 The Snapper
1992-10-02 Hero
1990-08-08 The Grifters
1988-12-21 Dangerous Liaisons
1988-03-05 Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1987-10-30 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987-04-17 Prick Up Your Ears
1986-02-16 Song of Experience
1986-01-01 Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1985-11-16 My Beautiful Laundrette
1984-12-23 December Flower
1984-11-03 The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1984-09-07 The Hit
1983-11-29 Saigon: Year Of The Cat
1983-04-30 Walter and June
1982-11-02 Walter
1981-06-05 Going Gently
1980-03-22 Bloody Kids
1979-10-11 Long Distance Information
1979-02-17 One Fine Day
1979-02-03 Afternoon Off
1978-12-16 Doris and Doreen
1978-12-02 Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978-04-25 Cold Harbour
1978-01-11 A Visit from Miss Prothero
1977-12-20 Black Christmas
1977-10-05 Able's Will
1977-07-22 Last Summer
1976-05-07 Play Things
1976-03-30 Early Struggles
1975-12-31 Three Men in a Boat
1975-02-20 Sunset Across the Bay
1974-03-18 Match of the Day
1972-12-24 A Day Out
1971-12-01 Gumshoe
1968-07-01 The Burning