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Known ForDirecting

GenderMale

Birth DateJun 20, 1941 (85 years old)

Zodiac Sign♊Gemini

Place of BirthLeicester, England, UK

Career Span1966 – Present (61 yrs)

Known Credits114 Titles

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Stephen Frears

Also known as:스티븐 프리어즈Stephen Arthur Frears

Total Works

114

92 movies • 22 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

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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). 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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Stephen Frears's career

7.1

High Fidelity

2000•movie

Role: Director

7.3

Philomena

2013•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016•movie

Role: Director

6.9

The Queen

2006•movie

Role: Director

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 114 titles featuring Stephen Frears

7.1

High Fidelity

2000•movie

Role: Director

7.3

Philomena

2013•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Florence Foster Jenkins

2016•movie

Role: Director

6.9

The Queen

2006•movie

Role: Director

7.2

Dangerous Liaisons

1988•movie

Role: Director

6.9

Victoria & Abdul

2017•movie

Role: Director

6.4

The Program

2015•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Hero

1992•movie

Role: Director

6.9

Dirty Pretty Things

2002•movie

Role: Director

6.5

The Grifters

1990•movie

Role: Director

5.9

Tamara Drewe

2010•movie

Role: Director

5.8

Mary Reilly

1996•movie

Role: Director

6.7

My Beautiful Laundrette

1985•movie

Role: Director

5.2

Lay the Favorite

2012•movie

Role: Director

6.5

The Hit

1984•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Mrs. Henderson Presents

2005•movie

Role: Director

6.1

Chéri

2009•movie

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.5

The Lost King

2022•movie

Role: Director

7.1

A Very English Scandal

2018•series

Role: Director

6.1

The Regime

2024•series

Role: Executive Producer

7.4

The Loudest Voice

2019•series

Role: Director

6.7

Prick Up Your Ears

1987•movie

Role: Director

6.9

Quiz

2020•series

Role: Executive Producer

6.0

The Hi-Lo Country

1998•movie

Role: Director

6.5

The Snapper

1993•movie

Role: Director

7.6

Night Will Fall

2014•movie

Role: Executive Producer

6.9

Fail Safe

2000•movie

Role: Director

6.9

State of the Union

2019•series

Role: Executive Producer

6.4

The Van

1996•movie

Role: Director

6.4

Jean Charles

2009•movie

Role: Executive Producer

6.4

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

2013•movie

Role: Director

6.2

Gumshoe

1971•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Liam

2001•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

1966•movie

Role: Assistant Director

6.8

The Deal

2003•movie

Role: Director

5.7

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

1987•movie

Role: Director

6.4

Eletrodoméstica

2005•movie

Role: Thanks

7.4

The Comic Strip Presents...

1982•series

Role: Director

7.2

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel

2022•movie

as Self

6.1

Great Directors

2009•movie

as Self

6.2

Three Men in a Boat

1975•movie

Role: Director

6.5

Bloody Kids

1980•movie

Role: Director

5.9

Walter

1982•movie

Role: Director

6.6

Play for Today

1970•series

Role: Director

7.2

1 eps

Omnibus

1967•series

5.9

1 eps

Great British Menu

2006•series

as Self - Guest Judge

5.6

1 eps

The South Bank Show

1978•series

9.0

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door

1988•movie

Role: Director

7.1

Screen Two

1985•series

Role: Director

5.2

Here’s Looking at You, Boy

2007•movie

as Self

5.5

A Day Out

1972•movie

Role: Director

5.7

The Route V50

2004•movie

Role: Director

5.3

Saigon: Year of the Cat

1983•movie

Role: Director

7.2

Forever Ealing

2002•movie

as Self

7.2

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

1995•movie

8.5

4 eps

Reel Britannia

2022•series

as Self

7.2

Brian and Maggie

2025•series

Role: Executive Producer

7.0

The Burning

1968•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Walter and June

1983•movie

Role: Director

5.3

One Fine Day

1979•movie

Role: Director

6.3

Follyfoot

1971•series

Role: Director

7.0

ITV Playhouse

1967•series

Role: Director

5.5

Heavy Rain

2010•movie

as Himself

3.5

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood

2011•movie

as Self

5.2

French Cinema Mon Amour

2015•movie

as Self

8.0

Alan Clarke: His Own Man

2000•movie

as Self

5.0

Henri Langlois vu par...

2014•movie

as Self

3.5

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

2003•movie

as Self

7.0

Innes Lloyd: The Producer

2025•movie

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Sunset Across the Bay

1975•movie

Role: Director

6.5

Doris and Doreen

1978•movie

Role: Producer

7.5

Going Gently

1981•movie

Role: Director

5.0

Black Christmas

1977•movie

Role: Director

9.0

All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar

2001•movie

as Narrator

5.0

30 Years of Comic Strip

2012•movie

2.0

Cast & Crew: If....

2004•movie

as Self - Interviewee

9.0

Long Shot

1978•movie

as Biscuit Man

2.0

In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat

2020•movie

as Self

5.0

Who Killed British Cinema?

2018•movie

as Self

6.0

Alec Guinness: A Class Act

2024•movie

as self

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

7.0

1 eps

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

1993•series

as Self

6.0

1 eps

Kulturplatz

2004•series

as Self

10.0

Last Summer

1977•movie

Role: Director

7.0

A Visit from Miss Prothero

1978•movie

Role: Director

5.0

Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons

2021•movie

Role: Original Film Writer

8.0

Le court des grands

2005•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

1978•movie

Role: Director

10.0

Long Distance Information

1979•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Song of Experience

1986•movie

Role: Director

December Flower

1984•movie

Role: Director

9.0

Beyond Fear

1997•movie

Role: Executive Producer

9.0

Early Struggles

1976•movie

Role: Director

7.0

Playhouse

1974•series

Role: Director

7.0

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977•series

Role: Director

She's French

2018•movie

Director: Alan Clarke

1991•movie

Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters

2018•movie

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'

2009•movie

as Self

Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

1985•movie

as Self

Memories of Lindsay Anderson

2019•movie

as Self

Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe

2015•movie

Michael Powell

2005•movie

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

2016•movie

as Self

The Rise of the Comic Strip

2023•movie

as Self

2 eps

Back to Barrytown

2021•series

as Self

Wilder & Me

movie

Role: Director

Match of the Day

1974•movie

Role: Director

The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel

1984•movie

Role: Director

Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)

1986•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Afternoon Off

1979•movie

Role: Director

Play Things

1976•movie

Role: Director

Able's Will

1977•movie

Role: Director

Parkin's Patch

1969•series

Role: Director

Tom Grattan's War

1968•series

Role: Director