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
Cast Credits
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
Character: self
MOVIE • 2024
A Look Through His Lens
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2024
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2023
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2022
Reel Britannia
Character: Self
TV • 2022
Back to Barrytown
Character: Self
TV • 2021
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2020
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
Character:
MOVIE • 2019
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2019
Who Killed British Cinema?
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2018
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
Character:
MOVIE • 2018
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2017
She's French
Character:
MOVIE • 2017
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2016
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
Character:
MOVIE • 2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2015
Henri Langlois vu par...
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2014
30 Years of Comic Strip
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MOVIE • 2012
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
Character:
MOVIE • 2012
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2011
Crew
Crew Credits
Brian and Maggie
Role: Director
TV • 2025
The Regime
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2024
The Regime
Role: Director
TV • 2024
The Lost King
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2022
Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons
Role: Original Film Writer
MOVIE • 2021
Quiz
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2020
Quiz
Role: Director
TV • 2020
The Loudest Voice
Role: Director
TV • 2019
State of the Union
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2019
State of the Union
Role: Director
TV • 2019
A Very English Scandal
Role: Director
TV • 2018
A Very English Scandal
Role: Executive Producer
TV • 2018
Victoria & Abdul
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2017
Florence Foster Jenkins
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2016
Florence Foster Jenkins
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2016
The Program
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2015
Henri Langlois vu par...
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2014
Night Will Fall
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2014
Night Will Fall
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2014
Philomena
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2013