Stephen 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.
Fotos
Películas (105)
Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything
2026
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024 · self
A Look Through His Lens
2024 · Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023 · Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022 · Self
The Lost King
2022 · Director
Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons
2021 · Original Film Writer
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020 · Self
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019 · Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018 · Self
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018
She's French
2018
Victoria & Abdul
2017 · Director
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017 · Self
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016 · Self
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016 · Director, Writer
The Program
2015 · Director
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015 · Self
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014 · Self, Director
Night Will Fall
2014 · Executive Producer, Producer
Philomena
2013 · Director
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013 · Director
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Lay the Favorite
2012 · Director
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011 · Self
Tamara Drewe
2010 · Director
Heavy Rain
2010 · Himself
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009 · Self
Jean Charles
2009 · Executive Producer
Great Directors
2009 · Self
Chéri
2009 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007 · Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007 · Self
The Queen
2006 · Director
Le court des grands
2005 · Director
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005 · Director
Eletrodoméstica
2005 · Thanks
Michael Powell
2005
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
2004 · Self (Archival)
Cast & Crew: If....
2004 · Self - Interviewee
The Route V50
2004 · Director
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003 · Self
The Deal
2003 · Director
Forever Ealing
2002 · Self
Dirty Pretty Things
2002 · Director
Robert Altman in England
2002 · Self
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
2001 · Narrator
Liam
2001 · Director
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000 · Self
Fail Safe
2000 · Director
High Fidelity
2000 · Director
The Hi-Lo Country
1998 · Director
Beyond Fear
1997 · Executive Producer
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997 · Narrator
The Van
1996 · Director
Mary Reilly
1996 · Director
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995 · Director
The Snapper
1993 · Director
Hero
1992 · Director
Director: Alan Clarke
1991
The Grifters
1990 · Director
Dangerous Liaisons
1988 · Director
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988 · Director
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987 · Director
Prick Up Your Ears
1987 · Director
Hooray For Holyrood
1986 · Self
Song of Experience
1986 · Director
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986 · Director of Photography, Director
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985 · Self
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985 · Director
December Flower
1984 · Director
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1984 · Director
The Hit
1984 · Director
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983 · Director
Walter and June
1983 · Director
Walter
1982 · Director
The Tractor Factor
1982 · Director
Going Gently
1981 · Director
Bloody Kids
1980 · Director
Long Distance Information
1979 · Director
One Fine Day
1979 · Director, Producer
Afternoon Off
1979 · Director, Producer
Doris and Doreen
1978 · Producer, Director
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978 · Director
Long Shot
1978 · Biscuit Man
Cold Harbour
1978 · Director
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978 · Director
Black Christmas
1977 · Director
Able's Will
1977 · Director
Last Summer
1977 · Director, Producer
Play Things
1976 · Director
Early Struggles
1976 · Director
Three Men in a Boat
1975 · Director
Sunset Across the Bay
1975 · Director
Match of the Day
1974 · Director
A Day Out
1972 · Director
Gumshoe
1971 · Director
Incident
1971 · Man
The Burning
1968 · Director
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
1966 · Assistant Director
Wilder & Me
· Director
Series (25)
Brian and Maggie
2025 · Executive Producer, Director
The Regime
2024 · Executive Producer, Director
Reel Britannia
2022 · Self
Back to Barrytown
2021 · Self
Quiz
2020 · Executive Producer, Director
The Loudest Voice
2019 · Director
State of the Union
2019 · Executive Producer, Director
A Very English Scandal
2018 · Director, Executive Producer
Great British Menu
2006 · Self - Guest Judge
Kulturplatz
2004 · Self
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993 · Self
Screen Two
1985 · Director
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · Director
The South Bank Show
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Director
Playhouse
1974 · Director
Sporting Scenes
1973 · Director
Second City Firsts
1973 · Director
Full House
1972 · Director
Follyfoot
1971 · Director
Play for Today
1970 · Director
Parkin's Patch
1969 · Director
Tom Grattan's War
1968 · Director
Omnibus
1967
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Director