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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-06-20 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Leicester, England, UK

Also Known As

스티븐 프리어즈

Stephen Frears

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.

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Acting

2024		Alec Guinness: A Class Act as self
2024		A Look Through His Lens as Self

2023

The Rise of the Comic Strip as Self

2022		Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel as Self
2022		Reel Britannia as Self

2021

Back to Barrytown as Self

2020

In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat as Self

2019		Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019		Memories of Lindsay Anderson as Self

2018		Who Killed British Cinema? as Self
2018		Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters

2017		Il était une fois... « The Queen » as Self
2017		She's French

2016

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light as Self

2015		Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015		French Cinema Mon Amour as Self

2014

Henri Langlois vu par... as Self

2012		30 Years of Comic Strip
2012		My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

2011

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood as Self

2010

Heavy Rain

2009		Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' as Self
2009		Great Directors as Self
2009		Chéri as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2007

Here’s Looking at You, Boy as Self

2005

Michael Powell

2004		Kulturplatz as Self
2004		Cast & Crew: If.... as Self - Interviewee

2002		Forever Ealing as Self
2002		Robert Altman in England as Himself

2001

All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar as Narrator

2000

Alan Clarke: His Own Man as Self

1997

Howard Hawks: American Artist as Narrator

1995

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

1993

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties as Self

1991

Director: Alan Clarke

1986

Hooray For Holyrood as Self

1985

Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman as Self

1978

Long Shot as Biscuit Man

1971

Incident as Man

Camera

1986

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) as Director of Photography

Directing

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Wilder & Me as Director

2025

Brian and Maggie as Director

2024

The Regime as Director

2022

The Lost King as Director

2020

Quiz as Director

2019		The Loudest Voice as Director
2019		State of the Union as Director

2018

A Very English Scandal as Director

2017

Victoria & Abdul as Director

2016

Florence Foster Jenkins as Director

2015

The Program as Director

2014

Henri Langlois vu par... as Director

2013		Philomena as Director
2013		Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Director

2012

Lay the Favorite as Director

2010

Tamara Drewe as Director

2009

Chéri as Director

2006

The Queen as Director

2005		Le court des grands as Director
2005		Mrs. Henderson Presents as Director

2004

The Route V50 as Director

2003

The Deal as Director

2002

Dirty Pretty Things as Director

2001

Liam as Director

2000		Fail Safe as Director
2000		High Fidelity as Director

1998

The Hi-Lo Country as Director

1996		The Van as Director
1996		Mary Reilly as Director

1995

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema as Director

1993

The Snapper as Director

1992

Hero as Director

1990

The Grifters as Director

1988		Dangerous Liaisons as Director
1988		Mr Jolly Lives Next Door as Director

1987		Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Director
1987		Prick Up Your Ears as Director

1986		Song of Experience as Director
1986		Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) as Director

1985

My Beautiful Laundrette as Director

1984		December Flower as Director
1984		The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel as Director
1984		The Hit as Director

1983		Saigon: Year Of The Cat as Director
1983		Walter and June as Director

1982		Walter as Director
1982		The Comic Strip Presents... as Director

1981

Going Gently as Director

1980

Bloody Kids as Director

1979		Long Distance Information as Director
1979		One Fine Day as Director
1979		Afternoon Off as Director

1978		Doris and Doreen as Director
1978		Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf as Director
1978		Cold Harbour as Director
1978		A Visit from Miss Prothero as Director

1977		Black Christmas as Director
1977		Able's Will as Director
1977		Last Summer as Director

1976		Play Things as Director
1976		Early Struggles as Director

1975		Three Men in a Boat as Director
1975		Sunset Across the Bay as Director

1974		Match of the Day as Director
1974		Playhouse as Director

1972

A Day Out as Director

1971		Gumshoe as Director
1971		Follyfoot as Director

1970

Play for Today as Director

1968

The Burning as Director

1966

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment as Assistant Director

Production

2024

The Regime as Executive Producer

2020

Quiz as Executive Producer

2019

State of the Union as Executive Producer

2018

A Very English Scandal as Executive Producer

2014		Night Will Fall as Executive Producer
2014		Night Will Fall as Producer

2009

Jean Charles as Executive Producer

1997

Beyond Fear as Executive Producer

1979		One Fine Day as Producer
1979		Afternoon Off as Producer

1978

Doris and Doreen as Producer

1977

Last Summer as Producer

Writing

2021

Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons as Original Film Writer

2016

Florence Foster Jenkins as Writer