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.

Known For

She's French 2018
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters 2018
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe 2015
30 Years of Comic Strip 2012 ★ 5.0
Chéri 2009 ★ 6.1
Michael Powell 2005
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar 2001 ★ 9.0
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema 1995 ★ 7.3
Director: Alan Clarke 1991
Long Shot 1978 ★ 9.0
Omnibus 1967 ★ 7.2