Stephen Frears

Known for DirectingBorn 1941-06-20 (age 84)Leicester, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

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Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Last Summer

All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar

Beyond Fear

Long Shot

Early Struggles

Reel Britannia

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

Innes Lloyd: The Producer

Le court des grands

Alan Clarke: His Own Man

Night Will Fall

The Burning

The Loudest Voice

Philomena

Brian and Maggie

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

Going Gently

The Comic Strip Presents...

A Very English Scandal

Sunset Across the Bay

Forever Ealing

State of the Union

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

High Fidelity

Dangerous Liaisons

Victoria & Abdul

Quiz

The Queen

Screen Two

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

Fail Safe

Dirty Pretty Things

Omnibus

Florence Foster Jenkins

The Deal

A Visit from Miss Prothero

BBC2 Play of the Week

The Lost King

Playhouse

Mrs. Henderson Presents

ITV Playhouse

My Beautiful Laundrette

Prick Up Your Ears

Great British Menu

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

The Program