Stephen Frears
Directing
Born 1941-06-20
Leicester, England, UK
129 credits
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1
Goya Awards 1
Awards
Nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Academy Awards 2 nominated
- 2007 Best Director Nominated The Queen
- 1991 Best Director Nominated The Grifters
European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 3 nominated
- 2018 Best European Film Nominated Victoria and Abdul
- 2014 Best European Film Nominated Philomena
- 2007 Best European Film Nominated The Queen
European Film Award for Best Film 2 nominated
- 2007 Best Film Nominated The Queen
- 2003 Best Film Nominated Dirty Pretty Things
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1 won
- — Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Won
Goya Awards 1 won
- — Goya Awards Won
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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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Filmography
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Directing
45 credits
Play for Today
Playhouse
Screen Two
ITV Playhouse
The Comic Strip Presents...
BBC2 Play of the Week
High Fidelity
The Regime
State of the Union
Second City Firsts
Dangerous Liaisons
The Loudest Voice
The Grifters
A Very English Scandal
The Program
The Queen
Follyfoot
Victoria & Abdul
The Lost King
Hero
Dirty Pretty Things
Florence Foster Jenkins
Chéri
Tamara Drewe
Quiz
Philomena
Mary Reilly
My Beautiful Laundrette
Lay the Favorite
The Hi-Lo Country
Full House
Fail Safe
Brian and Maggie
The Hit
The Snapper
Sporting Scenes
Going Gently
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Prick Up Your Ears
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Tom Grattan's War
The Van
The Deal
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Acting
11 credits
Great British Menu
Kulturplatz
Chéri
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Forever Ealing
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Reel Britannia
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
Back to Barrytown
Producing
6 credits
Other credits
4 credits
Writing
1 credit
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