Stephen Frears
Directing · Born 1941-06-20 · age 85 · 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.
Titles
High Fidelity
Philomena
Florence Foster Jenkins
The Queen
Dangerous Liaisons
Victoria & Abdul
The Program
Hero
Dirty Pretty Things
Tamara Drewe
The Grifters
Mary Reilly
My Beautiful Laundrette
Lay the Favorite
The Hit
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Chéri
The Lost King
A Very English Scandal
The Regime
The Loudest Voice
Prick Up Your Ears
The Hi-Lo Country
Quiz
The Snapper
Night Will Fall
Fail Safe
State of the Union
The Van
Jean Charles
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Liam
Gumshoe
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
The Deal
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
The Comic Strip Presents...
Three Men in a Boat
Bloody Kids
Play for Today
Walter
Omnibus
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Screen Two
The Route V50
A Day Out
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
Brian and Maggie
ITV Playhouse
Walter and June
Follyfoot
One Fine Day
The Burning
Sunset Across the Bay
Going Gently
Doris and Doreen
Black Christmas
Last Summer
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf