Stephen Frears
Born: 1941-06-20 in Leicester, England, UK
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Brian and Maggie ... (Director)
- Innes Lloyd: The Producer as Self (archive footage)
2024
- The Regime ... (Executive Producer)
- Alec Guinness: A Class Act as self
- A Look Through His Lens as Self
2023
- The Rise of the Comic Strip as Self
2022
- The Lost King ... (Director)
- Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel as Self
- Reel Britannia as Self
2021
- Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons ... (Original Film Writer)
- Back to Barrytown as Self
2020
- Quiz ... (Executive Producer)
- In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat as Self
2019
- The Loudest Voice ... (Director)
- State of the Union ... (Executive Producer)
- Memories of Lindsay Anderson as Self
- Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2018
2017
- Victoria & Abdul ... (Director)
- Il était une fois... « The Queen » as Self
- She's French
2016
- Florence Foster Jenkins ... (Writer)
- Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light as Self
2015
2014
- Night Will Fall ... (Executive Producer)
- Henri Langlois vu par... as Self
2013
- Philomena ... (Director)
- Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight ... (Director)
2012
2011
2010
- Tamara Drewe ... (Director)
- Heavy Rain as Himself
2009
- Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' as Self
- Chéri as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Jean Charles ... (Executive Producer)
- Great Directors as Self
2007
- Here’s Looking at You, Boy as Self
- The Making of 'The Queen' as Self
2006
- The Queen ... (Director)
2005
- Mrs. Henderson Presents ... (Director)
- Michael Powell
- Le court des grands ... (Director)
2004
- Kulturplatz as Self
- The Route V50 ... (Director)
- Cast & Crew: If.... as Self - Interviewee
2003
- The Deal ... (Director)
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments as Self
2002
- Forever Ealing as Self
- Dirty Pretty Things ... (Director)
- Robert Altman in England as Himself
2001
- All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar as Narrator
- Liam ... (Director)
2000
- Fail Safe ... (Director)
- High Fidelity ... (Director)
- Alan Clarke: His Own Man as Self
1998
- The Hi-Lo Country ... (Director)
1997
- Beyond Fear ... (Executive Producer)
- Howard Hawks: American Artist as Narrator
1996
- Mary Reilly ... (Director)
- The Van ... (Director)
1993
- The Snapper ... (Director)
- Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties as Self
1992
- Hero ... (Director)
1990
- The Grifters ... (Director)
1988
- Dangerous Liaisons ... (Director)
- Mr Jolly Lives Next Door ... (Director)
1987
- Prick Up Your Ears ... (Director)
- Sammy and Rosie Get Laid ... (Director)
1986
- Song of Experience ... (Director)
- Hooray For Holyrood as Self
- Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) ... (Director of Photography)
1985
- Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman as Self
- My Beautiful Laundrette ... (Director)
1984
- The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel ... (Director)
- The Hit ... (Director)
- December Flower ... (Director)
1983
- Saigon: Year of the Cat ... (Director)
- Walter and June ... (Director)
1982
- The Comic Strip Presents... ... (Director)
- Walter ... (Director)
1981
- Going Gently ... (Director)
1980
- Bloody Kids ... (Director)
1979
- Afternoon Off ... (Director)
- One Fine Day ... (Director)
- Long Distance Information ... (Director)
1978
- A Visit from Miss Prothero ... (Director)
- Long Shot as Biscuit Man
- Cold Harbour ... (Director)
- Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf ... (Director)
- Doris and Doreen ... (Producer)
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week ... (Director)
- Black Christmas ... (Director)
- Last Summer ... (Producer)
- Able's Will ... (Director)
1976
- Early Struggles ... (Director)
- Play Things ... (Director)
1975
- Sunset Across the Bay ... (Director)
- Three Men in a Boat ... (Director)
1974
- Playhouse ... (Director)
- Match of the Day ... (Director)
1972
- A Day Out ... (Director)
1970
- Play for Today ... (Director)
1968
- The Burning ... (Director)
1966
- Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment ... (Assistant Director)