Actor

Stephen Frears

1971–presentb. 1941DocumentaryComedyMusic

Comic Visionary

Also directed 60 films ↗Also wrote 2 screenplays ↗

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Filmography

2025Innes Lloyd: The ProducerSelf (archive footage)8.0 2024A Look Through His LensSelf 2024Alec Guinness: A Class Actself6.0 2023The Rise of the Comic StripSelf 2022Hans Zimmer: Hollywood RebelSelf7.2 2020In The Tracks Of - Alexandre DesplatSelf2.0

About

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.

As Director

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2000High Fidelity 2006The Queen 1998The Hi-Lo Country 1988Dangerous Liaisons 2005Mrs. Henderson Presents 2002Dirty Pretty Things

As Screenwriter

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2021Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons 2016Florence Foster Jenkins

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