Stephen Frears
Directing
Born June 20, 1941 in Leicester, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Wilder & Me
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Self (archive footage)
Brian and Maggie
Brian and Maggie
Brian and Maggie
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
The Regime
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Self
The Lost King
Reel Britannia
Self
Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons
Back to Barrytown
Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Self
Quiz
The Loudest Voice
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
Self
State of the Union
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
A Very English Scandal
She's French
Victoria & Abdul
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
Florence Foster Jenkins
The Program
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
Self
Night Will Fall
Philomena
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
30 Years of Comic Strip
Lay the Favorite
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Self
Tamara Drewe
Heavy Rain
Himself
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Self
Jean Charles
Great Directors
Self
Chéri
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
The Queen
Great British Menu
Self - Guest Judge
Le court des grands
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Eletrodoméstica
Michael Powell
Kulturplatz
Self
Cast & Crew: If....
Self - Interviewee
The Route V50
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
The Deal
Forever Ealing
Self
Dirty Pretty Things
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
Narrator
Liam
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Self
Fail Safe
High Fidelity
The Hi-Lo Country
Beyond Fear
The Van
Mary Reilly
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self
The Snapper
Hero
Director: Alan Clarke
The Grifters
Dangerous Liaisons
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Prick Up Your Ears
Song of Experience
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self
My Beautiful Laundrette
Screen Two
December Flower
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
The Hit
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Walter and June
Walter
The Comic Strip Presents...
Going Gently
Bloody Kids
Long Distance Information
One Fine Day
Afternoon Off
Doris and Doreen
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Long Shot
Biscuit Man
A Visit from Miss Prothero
Black Christmas
Able's Will
BBC2 Play of the Week
Last Summer
Play Things
Early Struggles
Three Men in a Boat
Sunset Across the Bay
Match of the Day
Playhouse
A Day Out
Gumshoe
Follyfoot
Play for Today
Parkin's Patch
The Burning
Omnibus
ITV Playhouse
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment