Stephen Frears
Born: 1941-06-20
Place of Birth: Leicester, England, UK
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.
Known For
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
Chéri
Heavy Rain
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Long Shot
Forever Ealing
Who Killed British Cinema?
Michael Powell
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Director: Alan Clarke
She's French
Cast & Crew: If....
Henri Langlois vu par...
Great Directors
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
30 Years of Comic Strip
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
French Cinema Mon Amour
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
