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 ... (Executive Producer)
- Innes Lloyd: The Producer as Self (archive footage)
2024
- The Regime ... (Executive Producer)
- A Look Through His Lens as Self
- Alec Guinness: A Class Act as self
2023
- The Rise of the Comic Strip as Self
2022
- The Lost King ... (Director)
- Reel Britannia as Self
- Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel as Self
2021
- Back to Barrytown as Self
- Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons ... (Original Film Writer)
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
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
- Chéri as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' as Self
- Great Directors as Self
- Jean Charles ... (Executive Producer)
2007
- Here’s Looking at You, Boy as Self
- The Making of 'The Queen' as Self
2006
- Great British Menu as Self - Guest Judge
- The Queen ... (Director)
2005
- Mrs. Henderson Presents ... (Director)
- Michael Powell
- Le court des grands ... (Director)
- Eletrodoméstica ... (Thanks)
2004
- Kulturplatz as Self
- Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? as Self (Archival)
- The Route V50 ... (Director)
- Cast & Crew: If.... as Self - Interviewee
2003
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments as Self
- The Deal ... (Director)
2002
- Dirty Pretty Things ... (Director)
- Forever Ealing as Self
- Robert Altman in England as Self
2001
- Liam ... (Director)
- All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar as Narrator
2000
- High Fidelity ... (Director)
- Fail Safe ... (Director)
- Alan Clarke: His Own Man as Self
1998
- The Hi-Lo Country ... (Director)
1997
- Howard Hawks: American Artist as Narrator
- Beyond Fear ... (Executive Producer)
1996
- Mary Reilly ... (Director)
- The Van ... (Director)
1993
- Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties as Self
- The Snapper ... (Director)
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
- Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) ... (Director of Photography)
- Song of Experience ... (Director)
- Hooray For Holyrood as Self
1985
- Screen Two ... (Director)
- My Beautiful Laundrette ... (Director)
- Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman as Self
1984
- The Hit ... (Director)
- The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel ... (Director)
- December Flower ... (Director)
1983
- Saigon: Year of the Cat ... (Director)
- Walter and June ... (Director)
1982
- The Comic Strip Presents... ... (Director)
- Walter ... (Director)
- The Tractor Factor ... (Director)
1981
- Going Gently ... (Director)
1980
- Bloody Kids ... (Director)
1979
- Afternoon Off ... (Director)
- One Fine Day ... (Director)
- Long Distance Information ... (Director)
1978
- The South Bank Show
- Long Shot as Biscuit Man
- Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf ... (Director)
- A Visit from Miss Prothero ... (Director)
- Doris and Doreen ... (Producer)
- Cold Harbour ... (Director)
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week ... (Director)
- Able's Will ... (Director)
- Last Summer ... (Producer)
- Black Christmas ... (Director)
1976
- Play Things ... (Director)
- Early Struggles ... (Director)
1975
- Three Men in a Boat ... (Director)
- Sunset Across the Bay ... (Director)
1974
- Playhouse ... (Director)
- Match of the Day ... (Director)
1973
- Second City Firsts ... (Director)
- Sporting Scenes ... (Director)
1972
- Full House ... (Director)
- A Day Out ... (Director)
1970
- Play for Today ... (Director)
1969
- Parkin's Patch ... (Director)
1968
- Tom Grattan's War ... (Director)
- The Burning ... (Director)
1967
- ITV Playhouse ... (Director)
- Omnibus
1966
- Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment ... (Assistant Director)