Stephen 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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
as Narrator
2001
Chéri
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2009
Forever Ealing
as Self
2002
Robert Altman in England
as Himself
2002
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
2007
Heavy Rain
as Himself
2010
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
as Self
2022
A Look Through His Lens
as Self
2024
She's French
2018
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
as Self
2011
Incident
as Man
1971
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
2015
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
as Self
2017
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
Great Directors
as Self
2009
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
as Self
2000
Cast & Crew: If....
as Self - Interviewee
2004
Director: Alan Clarke
1991
