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.
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- 2024 ·Alec Guinness: A Class Actas self
- 2024 ·A Look Through His Lensas Self
- 2023 ·The Rise of the Comic Stripas Self
- 2022 ·Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebelas Self
- 2022 ·Reel Britanniaas Self
- 2021 ·Back to Barrytownas Self
- 2020 ·In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplatas Self
- 2019 ·Revisiting The Man in the White Suitas
- 2019 ·Memories of Lindsay Andersonas Self
- 2018 ·Who Killed British Cinema?as Self
- 2018 ·Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Griftersas
- 2017 ·Il était une fois... « The Queen »as Self
- 2017 ·She's Frenchas
- 2016 ·Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Lightas Self
- 2015 ·Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabeas
- 2015 ·French Cinema Mon Amouras Self
- 2014 ·Henri Langlois vu par...as Self
- 2012 ·30 Years of Comic Stripas
- 2012 ·My Friend Sam: Living for the Momentas
- 2011 ·Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywoodas Self
- 2010 ·Heavy Rainas
- 2009 ·Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'as Self
- 2009 ·Great Directorsas Self
- 2009 ·Chérias Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2007 ·Here’s Looking at You, Boyas Self
- 2005 ·Michael Powellas
- 2004 ·Kulturplatzas Self
- 2004 ·Cast & Crew: If....as Self - Interviewee
- 2002 ·Forever Ealingas Self
- 2002 ·Robert Altman in Englandas Himself
- 2001 ·All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovaras Narrator
- 2000 ·Alan Clarke: His Own Manas Self
- 1997 ·Howard Hawks: American Artistas Narrator
- 1995 ·Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinemaas
- 1993 ·Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixtiesas Self
- 1991 ·Director: Alan Clarkeas
- 1986 ·Hooray For Holyroodas Self
- 1985 ·Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameramanas Self
- 1978 ·Long Shotas Biscuit Man
- 1971 ·Incidentas Man