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.
Acting
Movie
Chéri
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2009
Movie
Great Directors
as Self
2009
Movie
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
as Self
2022
TV
Omnibus
1967
TV
Great British Menu
as Self - Guest Judge
2006
Movie
Forever Ealing
as Self
2002
Movie
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
2007
Movie
Howard Hawks: American Artist
as Narrator
1997
Movie
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
TV
Reel Britannia
as Self
2022
Movie
Heavy Rain
as Himself
2010
Movie
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
2015
Movie
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
as Self
2000
Movie
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self
2003
Movie
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
as Narrator
2001
Movie
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
Movie
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
as Self
2011
Movie
Long Shot
as Biscuit Man
1978
Movie
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
as Self
2020
Movie
Who Killed British Cinema?
as Self
2018
Movie
Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self
2014
Movie
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
2024
Movie
The Making of 'The Queen'
as Self
2007
Movie
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Crew
Movie
High Fidelity
Director
2000
Movie
Philomena
Director
2013
Movie
Florence Foster Jenkins
Director
2016
Movie
The Queen
Director
2006
Movie
Dangerous Liaisons
Director
1988
Movie
Victoria & Abdul
Director
2017
Movie
The Program
Director
2015
Movie
Hero
Director
1992
Movie
Dirty Pretty Things
Director
2002
Movie
Tamara Drewe
Director
2010
Movie
The Grifters
Director
1990
Movie
Mary Reilly
Director
1996