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, includin…
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Filmography
Acting (43)
Movies (39)
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025as Self (archive footage)
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024as self
A Look Through His Lens
2024as Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023as Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022as Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020as Self
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019as Self
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018as Self
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018
She's French
2017 Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017as Self
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016as Self
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015as Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014as Self
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011as Self
Heavy Rain
2010as Himself
Chéri
2009as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Great Directors
2009as Self
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009as Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007as Self
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007as Self
Michael Powell
2005
Cast & Crew: If....
2004as Self - Interviewee
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003as Self
Forever Ealing
2002as Self
Robert Altman in England
2002as Himself
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
2001as Narrator
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000as Self
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997as Narrator
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
Director: Alan Clarke
1991 Hooray For Holyrood
1986as Self
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985as Self
Long Shot
1978as Biscuit Man
Incident
1971as Man
Crew (89)
Movies (73)
The Lost King
2022Director
Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons
2021Original Film Writer
Victoria & Abdul
2017Director
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016Director
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016Writer
The Program
2015Director
Night Will Fall
2014Executive Producer
Night Will Fall
2014Producer
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014Director
Philomena
2013Director
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013Director
Lay the Favorite
2012Director
Tamara Drewe
2010Director
Chéri
2009Director
Jean Charles
2009Executive Producer
The Queen
2006Director
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005Director
Le court des grands
2005Director
Eletrodoméstica
2005Thanks
The Route V50
2004Director
The Deal
2003Director
Dirty Pretty Things
2002Director
Liam
2001Director
Fail Safe
2000Director
High Fidelity
2000Director
The Hi-Lo Country
1998Director
Beyond Fear
1997Executive Producer
Mary Reilly
1996Director
The Van
1996Director
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995Director
The Snapper
1993Director
Hero
1992Director
The Grifters
1990Director
Dangerous Liaisons
1988Director
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988Director
Prick Up Your Ears
1987Director
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987Director
Song of Experience
1986Director
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986Director
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986Director of Photography
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985Director
The Hit
1984Director
December Flower
1984Director
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1984Director
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983Director
Walter and June
1983Director
Walter
1982Director
Going Gently
1981Director
Bloody Kids
1980Director
Afternoon Off
1979Director
Afternoon Off
1979Producer
Long Distance Information
1979Director
One Fine Day
1979Director
One Fine Day
1979Producer
Doris and Doreen
1978Director
Doris and Doreen
1978Producer
Cold Harbour
1978Director
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978Director
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978Director
Black Christmas
1977Director
Able's Will
1977Director
Last Summer
1977Director
Last Summer
1977Producer
Play Things
1976Director
Early Struggles
1976Director
Three Men in a Boat
1975Director
Sunset Across the Bay
1975Director
Match of the Day
1974Director
A Day Out
1972Director
Gumshoe
1971Director
The Burning
1968Director
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
1966Assistant Director
Wilder & Me
Director
Television (16)
Brian and Maggie
2025Director
Brian and Maggie
2025Executive Producer
The Regime
2024Director
The Regime
2024Executive Producer
Quiz
2020Director
Quiz
2020Executive Producer
The Loudest Voice
2019Director
State of the Union
2019Director
State of the Union
2019Executive Producer
A Very English Scandal
2018Director
A Very English Scandal
2018Executive Producer
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982Director
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977Director
Playhouse
1974Director
Follyfoot
1971Director
Play for Today
1970Director
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