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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.

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Directing

1966

[ ] Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (Assistant Director)

1968

[ ] The Burning (Director)

1971

[ ] Gumshoe (Director)

1972

[ ] A Day Out (Director)

1974

[ ] Match of the Day (Director)

1975

[ ] Three Men in a Boat (Director)
[ ] Sunset Across the Bay (Director)

1976

[ ] Early Struggles (Director)
[ ] Play Things (Director)

1977

[ ] Last Summer (Director)
[ ] Black Christmas (Director)
[ ] Able's Will (Director)

1978

[ ] A Visit from Miss Prothero (Director)
[ ] Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Director)
[ ] Doris and Doreen (Director)
[ ] Cold Harbour (Director)

1979

[ ] One Fine Day (Director)
[ ] Afternoon Off (Director)
[ ] Long Distance Information (Director)

1980

[ ] Bloody Kids (Director)

1981

[ ] Going Gently (Director)

1982

[ ] Walter (Director)

1983

[ ] Walter and June (Director)
[ ] Saigon: Year of the Cat (Director)

1984

[ ] The Hit (Director)
[ ] The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel (Director)
[ ] December Flower (Director)

1985

[ ] My Beautiful Laundrette (Director)

1986

[ ] Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) (Director)
[ ] Song of Experience (Director)

1987

[ ] Prick Up Your Ears (Director)
[ ] Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (Director)

1988

[ ] Dangerous Liaisons (Director)
[ ] Mr Jolly Lives Next Door (Director)

1990

[ ] The Grifters (Director)

1992

[ ] Hero (Director)

1993

[ ] The Snapper (Director)

1995

[ ] Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema (Director)

1996

[ ] The Van (Director)
[ ] Mary Reilly (Director)

1998

[ ] The Hi-Lo Country (Director)

2000

[ ] High Fidelity (Director)
[ ] Fail Safe (Director)

2001

[ ] Liam (Director)

2002

[ ] Dirty Pretty Things (Director)

2003

[ ] The Deal (Director)

2004

[ ] The Route V50 (Director)

2005

[ ] Mrs. Henderson Presents (Director)
[ ] Le court des grands (Director)

2006

[ ] The Queen (Director)

2009

[ ] Chéri (Director)

2010

[ ] Tamara Drewe (Director)

2012

[ ] Lay the Favorite (Director)

2013

[ ] Philomena (Director)
[ ] Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (Director)

2014

[ ] Henri Langlois vu par... (Director)

2015

[ ] The Program (Director)

2016

[ 6/10 ] Florence Foster Jenkins (Director)

2017

[ W ] Victoria & Abdul (Director)

2022

[ ] The Lost King (Director)

????

[ ] Wilder & Me (Director)

Production

1977

[ ] Last Summer (Producer)

1978

[ ] Doris and Doreen (Producer)

1979

[ ] One Fine Day (Producer)
[ ] Afternoon Off (Producer)

1997

[ ] Beyond Fear (Executive Producer)

2009

[ ] Jean Charles (Executive Producer)

2014

[ ] Night Will Fall (Producer)
[ ] Night Will Fall (Executive Producer)

Writing

2016

[ 6/10 ] Florence Foster Jenkins (Writer)

2021

[ ] Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons (Original Film Writer)

Camera

1986

[ ] Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders) (Director of Photography)

Actor

1971

[ ] Incident (Man)

1978

[ ] Long Shot (Biscuit Man)

1985

[ ] Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman (Self)

1986

[ ] Hooray For Holyrood (Self)

1991

[ ] Director: Alan Clarke (????)

1995

[ ] Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema (????)

1997

[ ] Howard Hawks: American Artist (Narrator)

2000

[ ] Alan Clarke: His Own Man (Self)

2001

[ ] All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar (Narrator)

2002

[ ] Forever Ealing (Self)
[ ] Robert Altman in England (Himself)

2003

[ ] 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (Self)

2004

[ ] Cast & Crew: If.... (Self - Interviewee)

2005

[ ] Michael Powell (????)

2007

[ ] Here’s Looking at You, Boy (Self)
[ ] The Making of 'The Queen' (Self)

2009

[ ] Chéri (Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
[ ] Great Directors (Self)
[ ] Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious' (Self)

2010

[ ] Heavy Rain (Himself)

2011

[ ] Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood (Self)

2012

[ ] 30 Years of Comic Strip (????)
[ ] My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment (????)

2014

[ ] Henri Langlois vu par... (Self)

2015

[ ] French Cinema Mon Amour (Self)
[ ] Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe (????)

2016

[ ] Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light (Self)

2017

[ ] She's French (????)
[ ] Il était une fois... « The Queen » (Self)

2018

[ ] Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters (????)
[ ] Who Killed British Cinema? (Self)

2019

[ ] Memories of Lindsay Anderson (Self)
[ ] Revisiting The Man in the White Suit (????)

2020

[ ] In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat (Self)

2022

[ ] Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel (Self)

2023

[ ] The Rise of the Comic Strip (Self)

2024

[ ] A Look Through His Lens (Self)
[ ] Alec Guinness: A Class Act (self)

2025

[ ] Innes Lloyd: The Producer (Self (archive footage))