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Stephen Frears

Directing
Known For

84 Years Old

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.

Born

Leicester, England, UK on 20th June 1941

All Credits

Reel Britannia Image
Reel Britannia
Self
Back to Barrytown Image
Back to Barrytown
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Kulturplatz Image
Kulturplatz
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Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties Image
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
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Chéri Image
Chéri
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
30 Years of Comic Strip Image
30 Years of Comic Strip
French Cinema Mon Amour Image
French Cinema Mon Amour
Self
100 Greatest Sexy Moments Image
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Self
Alan Clarke: His Own Man Image
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel Image
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Self
Director: Alan Clarke Image
Director: Alan Clarke
A Look Through His Lens Image
A Look Through His Lens
Self
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light Image
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
Self
Who Killed British Cinema? Image
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat Image
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act Image
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe Image
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
The Rise of the Comic Strip Image
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Self
Heavy Rain Image
Heavy Rain
Himself
Great Directors Image
Great Directors
Self
Henri Langlois vu par... Image
Henri Langlois vu par...
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Here’s Looking at You, Boy Image
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
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Il était une fois... « The Queen »
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Long Shot Image
Long Shot
Biscuit Man
Michael Powell Image
Michael Powell
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema Image
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
Cast & Crew: If.... Image
Cast & Crew: If....
Self - Interviewee
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' Image
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Self
Forever Ealing Image
Forever Ealing
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Hooray For Holyrood
Self
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood Image
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Self
Memories of Lindsay Anderson Image
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
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Howard Hawks: American Artist
Narrator
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar Image
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
Narrator
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman Image
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Self
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters Image
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
She's French Image
She's French
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Robert Altman in England
Himself
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Incident
Man
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My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
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Revisiting The Man in the White Suit