
Stephen Frears
Directing
Born 1941-06-20 · 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.
Acting
Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything

Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Self (archive footage)

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
A Look Through His Lens
Self

The Rise of the Comic Strip
Self

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Self

Reel Britannia
Self

Back to Barrytown
Self

In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Self
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit

Memories of Lindsay Anderson
Self

Who Killed British Cinema?
Self

Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters

She's French
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
Self

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
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Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe

French Cinema Mon Amour
Self

Henri Langlois vu par...
Self

30 Years of Comic Strip
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Self

Heavy Rain
Himself

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
Self

Great Directors
Self

Chéri
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
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Great British Menu
Self - Guest Judge

Michael Powell
Crew

Brian and Maggie
Director

Brian and Maggie
Director

Brian and Maggie
Executive Producer

Brian and Maggie
Director

The Regime
Executive Producer

The Regime
Director

The Lost King
Director

Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons
Original Film Writer

Quiz
Executive Producer

Quiz
Director

The Loudest Voice
Director

State of the Union
Executive Producer

State of the Union
Director

A Very English Scandal
Director

A Very English Scandal
Executive Producer

Victoria & Abdul
Director

Florence Foster Jenkins
Director

Florence Foster Jenkins
Writer

The Program
Director

Henri Langlois vu par...
Director