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Stephen Frears

Directing

Stephen Frears

EN, FR, DE, PT cinema · 105 credits

Born

20 June 1941 (age 85)

Birthplace

Leicester, England, UK

Also known as 스티븐 프리어즈 · Stephen Arthur Frears

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

Filmography

Wilder & Me poster

Wilder & Me

ENNot rated

Director

Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything

2026

Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything

EN · 2026Not rated

Actor

Innes Lloyd: The Producer poster

Innes Lloyd: The Producer

EN · 20257.0

as Self (archive footage)

A Look Through His Lens

2024

A Look Through His Lens

EN · 2024Not rated

as Self

Alec Guinness: A Class Act poster

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

EN · 20246.0

as self

The Rise of the Comic Strip poster

The Rise of the Comic Strip

EN · 2023Not rated

as Self

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel poster

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

EN · 20227.2

as Self

The Lost King poster

The Lost King

EN · 20226.5

Director

Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons poster

Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons

FR · 20215.0

Original Film Writer

In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat poster

In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

FR · 20202.0

as Self

Memories of Lindsay Anderson poster

Memories of Lindsay Anderson

EN · 2019Not rated

as Self

Revisiting The Man in the White Suit

2019

Revisiting The Man in the White Suit

EN · 2019Not rated

Actor

She's French poster

She's French

EN · 2018Not rated

Actor

Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters poster

Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters

EN · 2018Not rated

Actor

Who Killed British Cinema? poster

Who Killed British Cinema?

EN · 20185.0

as Self

Il était une fois... « The Queen »

2017

Il était une fois... « The Queen »

FR · 2017Not rated

as Self

Victoria & Abdul poster

Victoria & Abdul

EN · 20176.9

Director

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light poster

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

EN · 2016Not rated

as Self

Florence Foster Jenkins poster

Florence Foster Jenkins

EN · 20166.6

Director, Writer

French Cinema Mon Amour poster

French Cinema Mon Amour

FR · 20155.2

as Self

Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe poster

Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe

EN · 2015Not rated

Actor

The Program poster

The Program

EN · 20156.4

Director

Henri Langlois vu par... poster

Henri Langlois vu par...

FR · 20145.0

as Self, Director

Night Will Fall poster

Night Will Fall

EN · 20147.6

Executive Producer, Producer

Philomena poster

Philomena

EN · 20137.3

Director

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight poster

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

EN · 20136.4

Director

30 Years of Comic Strip poster

30 Years of Comic Strip

EN · 20125.0

Actor

My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

2012

My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

EN · 2012Not rated

Actor

Lay the Favorite poster

Lay the Favorite

EN · 20125.2

Director

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood poster

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

DE · 20113.5

as Self

Heavy Rain poster

Heavy Rain

EN · 20105.5

as Himself

Tamara Drewe poster

Tamara Drewe

EN · 20105.9

Director

Chéri poster

Chéri

EN · 20096.1

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director

Great Directors poster

Great Directors

EN · 20096.1

as Self

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' poster

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

FR · 2009Not rated

as Self

Jean Charles poster

Jean Charles

PT · 20096.4

Executive Producer

Here’s Looking at You, Boy poster

Here’s Looking at You, Boy

DE · 20075.2

as Self

The Making of 'The Queen'

2007

The Making of 'The Queen'

EN · 20074.0

as Self

The Queen poster

The Queen

EN · 20066.9

Director

Michael Powell poster

Michael Powell

EN · 2005Not rated

Actor

Mrs. Henderson Presents poster

Mrs. Henderson Presents

EN · 20056.7

Director

Le court des grands poster

Le court des grands

FR · 20058.0

Director

Eletrodoméstica poster

Eletrodoméstica

PT · 20056.4

Thanks

Cast & Crew: If.... poster

Cast & Crew: If....

EN · 20042.0

as Self - Interviewee

Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?

2004

Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?

EN · 20042.0

as Self (Archival)

The Route V50 poster

The Route V50

EN · 20045.7

Director

100 Greatest Sexy Moments poster

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

EN · 20033.5

as Self

The Deal poster

The Deal

EN · 20036.7

Director

Forever Ealing poster

Forever Ealing

EN · 20027.2

as Self

Robert Altman in England

2002

Robert Altman in England

EN · 2002Not rated

as Self

Dirty Pretty Things poster

Dirty Pretty Things

EN · 20026.9

Director

All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar poster

All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar

EN · 20019.0

as Narrator

Liam poster

Liam

EN · 20016.3

Director

Alan Clarke: His Own Man poster

Alan Clarke: His Own Man

EN · 20008.0

as Self

High Fidelity poster

High Fidelity

EN · 20007.1

Director

Fail Safe poster

Fail Safe

EN · 20006.9

Director

The Hi-Lo Country poster

The Hi-Lo Country

EN · 19986.0

Director

Howard Hawks: American Artist

1997

Howard Hawks: American Artist

EN · 19976.2

as Narrator

Beyond Fear poster

Beyond Fear

EN · 19979.0

Executive Producer

The Van poster

The Van

EN · 19966.4

Director

Mary Reilly poster

Mary Reilly

EN · 19965.8

Director

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema poster

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

EN · 19957.2

Actor, Director

The Snapper poster

The Snapper

EN · 19936.5

Director

Hero poster

Hero

EN · 19926.3

Director

Director: Alan Clarke poster

Director: Alan Clarke

EN · 1991Not rated

Actor

The Grifters poster

The Grifters

EN · 19906.5

Director

Dangerous Liaisons poster

Dangerous Liaisons

EN · 19887.2

Director

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door poster

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

EN · 19889.0

Director

Prick Up Your Ears poster

Prick Up Your Ears

EN · 19876.7

Director

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid poster

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

EN · 19875.8

Director

Hooray For Holyrood

1986

Hooray For Holyrood

EN · 1986Not rated

as Self

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) poster

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

EN · 1986Not rated

Director of Photography, Director

Song of Experience poster

Song of Experience

EN · 19866.0

Director

Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman poster

Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

EN · 1985Not rated

as Self

My Beautiful Laundrette poster

My Beautiful Laundrette

EN · 19856.7

Director

The Hit poster

The Hit

EN · 19846.5

Director

The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel poster

The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel

EN · 1984Not rated

Director

December Flower poster

December Flower

EN · 1984Not rated

Director

Walter and June poster

Walter and June

EN · 19836.7

Director

Saigon: Year of the Cat poster

Saigon: Year of the Cat

EN · 19835.3

Director

Walter poster

Walter

EN · 19825.9

Director

The Tractor Factor

1982

The Tractor Factor

EN · 1982Not rated

Director

Going Gently poster

Going Gently

EN · 19817.5

Director

Bloody Kids poster

Bloody Kids

EN · 19806.5

Director

One Fine Day poster

One Fine Day

EN · 19795.3

Director, Producer

Afternoon Off poster

Afternoon Off

EN · 1979Not rated

Director, Producer

Long Distance Information poster

Long Distance Information

EN · 197910.0

Director

Long Shot poster

Long Shot

EN · 19789.0

as Biscuit Man

A Visit from Miss Prothero poster

A Visit from Miss Prothero

EN · 19787.0

Director

Doris and Doreen poster

Doris and Doreen

EN · 19786.5

Producer, Director

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf poster

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

EN · 197810.0

Director

Cold Harbour

1978

Cold Harbour

EN · 1978Not rated

Director

Last Summer poster

Last Summer

EN · 197710.0

Director, Producer

Black Christmas poster

Black Christmas

EN · 19775.0

Director

Able's Will poster

Able's Will

EN · 1977Not rated

Director

Early Struggles poster

Early Struggles

EN · 19769.0

Director

Play Things poster

Play Things

EN · 1976Not rated

Director

Three Men in a Boat poster

Three Men in a Boat

EN · 19756.2

Director

Sunset Across the Bay poster

Sunset Across the Bay

EN · 19757.5

Director

Match of the Day poster

Match of the Day

EN · 1974Not rated

Director

A Day Out poster

A Day Out

EN · 19725.5

Director

Incident

1971

Incident

EN · 1971Not rated

as Man

Gumshoe poster

Gumshoe

EN · 19716.2

Director

The Burning poster

The Burning

EN · 19687.0

Director

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment poster

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

EN · 19666.3

Assistant Director