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Stephen Frears

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Born

June 20, 1941 (age 84)

Place of Birth

Leicester, England, UK

Also Known As

스티븐 프리어즈

Stephen Arthur Frears

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, 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.

Filmography

2025FilmInnes Lloyd: The Produceras Self (archive footage)2024FilmAlec Guinness: A Class Actas self 2024FilmA Look Through His Lensas Self 2023FilmThe Rise of the Comic Stripas Self 2022FilmHans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebelas Self 2022TVReel Britanniaas Self 2021TVBack to Barrytownas Self 2020FilmIn The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplatas Self 2019FilmRevisiting The Man in the White Suit 2019FilmMemories of Lindsay Andersonas Self 2018FilmWho Killed British Cinema?as Self 2018FilmSeduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters 2017FilmIl était une fois... « The Queen »as Self 2017FilmShe's French 2016FilmAlan Clarke: Out of His Own Lightas Self 2015FilmReflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe 2015FilmFrench Cinema Mon Amouras Self 2014FilmHenri Langlois vu par...as Self 2012Film30 Years of Comic Strip 2012FilmMy Friend Sam: Living for the Moment 2011FilmHans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywoodas Self 2010FilmHeavy Rainas Himself 2009FilmOnce Upon a Time... 'Notorious'as Self 2009FilmGreat Directorsas Self 2009FilmChérias Narrator (voice) (uncredited)2007FilmHere’s Looking at You, Boyas Self 2007FilmThe Making of 'The Queen'as Self 2005FilmMichael Powell 2004TVKulturplatzas Self 2004FilmCast & Crew: If....as Self - Interviewee 2003Film100 Greatest Sexy Momentsas Self 2002FilmForever Ealingas Self 2002FilmRobert Altman in Englandas Himself 2001FilmAll About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovaras Narrator 2000FilmAlan Clarke: His Own Manas Self 1997FilmHoward Hawks: American Artistas Narrator 1995FilmTypically British: A Personal History of British Cinema 1993TVHollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixtiesas Self 1991FilmDirector: Alan Clarke 1986FilmHooray For Holyroodas Self 1985FilmShooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameramanas Self 1978FilmLong Shotas Biscuit Man 1971FilmIncidentas Man