
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
May 2, 1961 (age 64)
Place of Birth
Dorset, England
Also Known As
Stephan Daldry
Stephen Daldry
Biography
Stephen David Daldry CBE (born 2 May 1960) is an English director and producer of film, theatre, and television. He has won three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway and an Olivier Award for his work in the West End. He has received three Academy Awards nominations for Best Director, for the films Billy Elliot (2000), The Hours (2002), and The Reader (2008).
From 2016 to 2020, he produced and directed the Netflix television series The Crown, for which he received one Producers Guild Award nomination, one Producers Guild Award win, two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and one Primetime Emmy Award win for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series.
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Known For

TV
The Oscars
Self
1953

Film
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Self - Director
2025

Film
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Self (archive footage)
2008

Film
Cinema16: British Short Films
Self - Commentary, Eight (voice)
2003

Film
One Night In 2012
2016

Film
The Real 'Billy Elliot' Diaries
Self
2005

Film
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
Self
2012

Film
Darcey's Ballet Heroes
2015
Filmography
2025FilmBehind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadowas Self - Director2016FilmOne Night In 20122015FilmDarcey's Ballet Heroes2012FilmMax Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renteras Self2008FilmRoman Polanski: Wanted and Desiredas Self (archive footage)2005FilmThe Real 'Billy Elliot' Diariesas Self2003FilmCinema16: British Short Filmsas Self - Commentary, Eight (voice)1953TVThe Oscarsas Self