Stephen Frears
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jun 20, 1941 (85 years old)
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
| 2025 | Innes Lloyd: The ProducerSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | A Look Through His LensSelf | |
| 2024 | Alec Guinness: A Class Actself | |
| 2023 | The Rise of the Comic StripSelf | |
| 2022 | Hans Zimmer: Hollywood RebelSelf | |
| 2022 | Reel BritanniaSelf | |
| 2021 | Back to BarrytownSelf | |
| 2020 | In The Tracks Of - Alexandre DesplatSelf | |
| 2019 | Memories of Lindsay AndersonSelf | |
| 2019 | Revisiting The Man in the White Suit | |
| 2018 | Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters | |
| 2018 | Who Killed British Cinema?Self | |
| 2017 | She's French | |
| 2017 | Il était une fois... « The Queen »Self | |
| 2016 | Alan Clarke: Out of His Own LightSelf | |
| 2015 | French Cinema Mon AmourSelf | |
| 2015 | Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe | |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par...Self | |
| 2012 | 30 Years of Comic Strip | |
| 2012 | My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment | |
| 2011 | Hans Zimmer: The Sound of HollywoodSelf | |
| 2010 | Heavy RainHimself | |
| 2009 | ChériNarrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 2009 | Great DirectorsSelf | |
| 2009 | Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'Self | |
| 2007 | Here’s Looking at You, BoySelf | |
| 2007 | The Making of 'The Queen'Self | |
| 2006 | Great British MenuSelf - Guest Judge | |
| 2005 | Michael Powell | |
| 2004 | Cast & Crew: If....Self - Interviewee | |
| 2004 | KulturplatzSelf | |
| 2003 | 100 Greatest Sexy MomentsSelf | |
| 2002 | Forever EalingSelf | |
| 2002 | Robert Altman in EnglandHimself | |
| 2001 | All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro AlmodovarNarrator | |
| 2000 | Alan Clarke: His Own ManSelf | |
| 1997 | Howard Hawks: American ArtistNarrator | |
| 1995 | Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema | |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the SixtiesSelf | |
| 1991 | Director: Alan Clarke | |
| 1986 | Hooray For HolyroodSelf | |
| 1985 | Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, CameramanSelf | |
| 1978 | Long ShotBiscuit Man | |
| 1971 | IncidentMan |
| 2025 | Brian and MaggieExecutive Producer | |
| 2024 | The RegimeExecutive Producer | |
| 2020 | QuizExecutive Producer | |
| 2019 | State of the UnionExecutive Producer | |
| 2018 | A Very English ScandalExecutive Producer | |
| 2014 | Night Will FallExecutive Producer | |
| 2014 | Night Will FallProducer | |
| 2009 | Jean CharlesExecutive Producer | |
| 1997 | Beyond FearExecutive Producer | |
| 1979 | One Fine DayProducer | |
| 1979 | Afternoon OffProducer | |
| 1978 | Doris and DoreenProducer | |
| 1977 | Last SummerProducer |
| 2025 | Brian and MaggieDirector | |
| 2024 | The RegimeDirector | |
| 2022 | The Lost KingDirector | |
| 2020 | QuizDirector | |
| 2019 | The Loudest VoiceDirector | |
| 2019 | State of the UnionDirector | |
| 2018 | A Very English ScandalDirector | |
| 2017 | Victoria & AbdulDirector | |
| 2016 | Florence Foster JenkinsDirector | |
| 2015 | The ProgramDirector | |
| 2014 | Henri Langlois vu par...Director | |
| 2013 | PhilomenaDirector | |
| 2013 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightDirector | |
| 2012 | Lay the FavoriteDirector | |
| 2010 | Tamara DreweDirector | |
| 2009 | ChériDirector | |
| 2006 | The QueenDirector | |
| 2005 | Mrs. Henderson PresentsDirector | |
| 2005 | Le court des grandsDirector | |
| 2004 | The Route V50Director | |
| 2003 | The DealDirector | |
| 2002 | Dirty Pretty ThingsDirector | |
| 2001 | LiamDirector | |
| 2000 | High FidelityDirector | |
| 2000 | Fail SafeDirector | |
| 1998 | The Hi-Lo CountryDirector | |
| 1996 | The VanDirector | |
| 1996 | Mary ReillyDirector | |
| 1995 | Typically British: A Personal History of British CinemaDirector | |
| 1993 | The SnapperDirector | |
| 1992 | HeroDirector | |
| 1990 | The GriftersDirector | |
| 1988 | Dangerous LiaisonsDirector | |
| 1988 | Mr Jolly Lives Next DoorDirector | |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your EarsDirector | |
| 1987 | Sammy and Rosie Get LaidDirector | |
| 1986 | Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)Director | |
| 1986 | Song of ExperienceDirector | |
| 1985 | My Beautiful LaundretteDirector | |
| 1984 | The HitDirector | |
| 1984 | The Bullshitters: Roll Out the GunbarrelDirector | |
| 1984 | December FlowerDirector | |
| 1983 | Walter and JuneDirector | |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year of the CatDirector | |
| 1982 | WalterDirector | |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents...Director | |
| 1981 | Going GentlyDirector | |
| 1980 | Bloody KidsDirector | |
| 1979 | One Fine DayDirector | |
| 1979 | Afternoon OffDirector | |
| 1979 | Long Distance InformationDirector | |
| 1978 | A Visit from Miss ProtheroDirector | |
| 1978 | Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia WoolfDirector | |
| 1978 | Doris and DoreenDirector | |
| 1978 | Cold HarbourDirector | |
| 1977 | Last SummerDirector | |
| 1977 | Black ChristmasDirector | |
| 1977 | Able's WillDirector | |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the WeekDirector | |
| 1976 | Early StrugglesDirector | |
| 1976 | Play ThingsDirector | |
| 1975 | Three Men in a BoatDirector | |
| 1975 | Sunset Across the BayDirector | |
| 1974 | Match of the DayDirector | |
| 1974 | PlayhouseDirector | |
| 1972 | A Day OutDirector | |
| 1971 | GumshoeDirector | |
| 1971 | FollyfootDirector | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayDirector | |
| 1968 | The BurningDirector | |
| 1966 | Morgan: A Suitable Case for TreatmentAssistant Director | |
| - | Wilder & MeDirector |
| 2021 | Short Cuts: Dangerous LiaisonsOriginal Film Writer | |
| 2016 | Florence Foster JenkinsWriter |
| 2005 | EletrodomésticaThanks |