Stephen Frears

Stephen Frears

Directing

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…

Filmography

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Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything 2026 Innes Lloyd: The Producer ★ 8.0 Innes Lloyd: The Producer 2025 Alec Guinness: A Class Act ★ 6.0 Alec Guinness: A Class Act 2024 A Look Through His Lens A Look Through His Lens 2024 The Rise of the Comic Strip The Rise of the Comic Strip 2023 Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel ★ 7.2 Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel 2022 Reel Britannia ★ 8.5 Reel Britannia 2022 Back to Barrytown Back to Barrytown 2021 In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat ★ 2.0 In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat 2020 Revisiting The Man in the White Suit Revisiting The Man in the White Suit 2019 Memories of Lindsay Anderson Memories of Lindsay Anderson 2019 Who Killed British Cinema? ★ 5.0 Who Killed British Cinema? 2018 Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters 2018 She's French She's French 2018 Il était une fois... « The Queen » Il était une fois... « The Queen » 2017 Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light 2016 Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe 2015 French Cinema Mon Amour ★ 5.2 French Cinema Mon Amour 2015 Henri Langlois vu par... ★ 4.0 Henri Langlois vu par... 2014 30 Years of Comic Strip ★ 5.0 30 Years of Comic Strip 2012 My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment 2012 Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood ★ 1.0 Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood 2011 Heavy Rain ★ 5.5 Heavy Rain 2010 Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' 2009 Great Directors ★ 6.1 Great Directors 2009 Chéri ★ 6.1 Chéri 2009 Here’s Looking at You, Boy ★ 4.8 Here’s Looking at You, Boy 2007 The Making of 'The Queen' ★ 4.0 The Making of 'The Queen' 2007 Great British Menu ★ 6.5 Great British Menu 2006 Michael Powell Michael Powell 2005 Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? 2004 Kulturplatz ★ 6.0 Kulturplatz 2004 Cast & Crew: If.... Cast & Crew: If.... 2004 100 Greatest Sexy Moments ★ 3.5 100 Greatest Sexy Moments 2003 Forever Ealing ★ 7.2 Forever Ealing 2002 Robert Altman in England Robert Altman in England 2002 All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar ★ 9.0 All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar 2001 Alan Clarke: His Own Man ★ 8.0 Alan Clarke: His Own Man 2000 Howard Hawks: American Artist ★ 6.2 Howard Hawks: American Artist 1997 Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema ★ 7.3 Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema 1995 Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties ★ 7.0 Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties 1993 Director: Alan Clarke Director: Alan Clarke 1991 Hooray For Holyrood Hooray For Holyrood 1986 Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman 1985 Long Shot ★ 9.0 Long Shot 1978 Incident Incident 1971 Omnibus ★ 7.2 Omnibus 1967