Stephen Frears

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-06-20 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Leicester, England, UK

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). ...

Production

2000

High Fidelity

as Director

2006

The Queen

as Director

1998

1988

2002

1992

Hero

as Director

2009

Chéri

as Director

2000

Fail Safe

as Director

1996

The Van

as Director

1968

The Burning

as Director

1996

Mary Reilly

as Director

1993

The Snapper

as Director

1971

Gumshoe

as Director

1987

2009

Jean Charles

as Executive Producer

2003

The Deal

as Director

2010

Tamara Drewe

as Director

1990

The Grifters

as Director

1977

Last Summer

as Producer

1977

Last Summer

as Director

2001

Liam

as Director

1980

Bloody Kids

as Director

1984

The Hit

as Director

2012

Lay the Favorite

as Director

1982

Walter

as Director

1975

1975

1972

A Day Out

as Director

2013

Philomena

as Director

1983

Walter and June

as Director

2004

The Route V50

as Director

-

Wilder & Me

as Director

1979

One Fine Day

as Director

2015

The Program

as Director

2014

Night Will Fall

as Executive Producer

2014

Night Will Fall

as Producer

2021

Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons

as Original Film Writer

1974

Match of the Day

as Director

2005

1978

Doris and Doreen

as Producer

2022

The Lost King

as Director

1986

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

as Director of Photography

1978

Doris and Doreen

as Director

1979

Afternoon Off

as Director

1981

Going Gently

as Director

1966

2017

Victoria & Abdul

as Director

1978

Cold Harbour

as Director

1986

1979

One Fine Day

as Producer

1984

December Flower

as Director

1977

Black Christmas

as Director

1997

Beyond Fear

as Executive Producer

1979

Afternoon Off

as Producer

1976

Early Struggles

as Director

1976

Play Things

as Director

1977

Able's Will

as Director

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