
Stephen Frears
Known for: Directing
Born: June 20, 1941
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, includin…
Known for

All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
2001

She's French
2018
Incident
1971
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995

Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997

Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012

Michael Powell
2005
Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything
2026

Cast & Crew: If....
2004

Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
Robert Altman in England
2002

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011

French Cinema Mon Amour
2015

Great Directors
2009

Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000

Who Killed British Cinema?
2018

Henri Langlois vu par...
2014

Director: Alan Clarke
1991

Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985

Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007

Heavy Rain
2010
Hooray For Holyrood
1986
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
2004

Forever Ealing
2002
A Look Through His Lens
2024

Long Shot
1978

In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009

Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025

The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016

Chéri
2009

100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003

30 Years of Comic Strip
2012

Reel Britannia
2022

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993

Back to Barrytown
2021

Kulturplatz
2004

Great British Menu
2006

Omnibus
1967