Stephen Frears
Known for: Directing
Born: June 20, 1941
Place of birth: Leicester, England, UK
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
105 movies · 24 TV shows, newest first
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Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything
2026
7.0
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
7.2
Brian and Maggie
2025
6.0
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
6.1
The Regime
2024NR
A Look Through His Lens
2024
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The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
7.2
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022
6.5
The Lost King
2022
8.5
Reel Britannia
2022
5.0
Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons
2021
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Back to Barrytown
2021
2.0
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020
6.9
Quiz
2020NR
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019
7.4
The Loudest Voice
2019
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Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019
6.9
State of the Union
2019
5.0
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018
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Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018
7.1
A Very English Scandal
2018
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She's French
2018
6.9
Victoria & Abdul
2017NR
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
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Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
6.7
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
6.4
The Program
2015
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Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015
5.2
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
5.0
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
7.6
Night Will Fall
2014
7.3
Philomena
2013
6.4
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
5.0
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
5.2
Lay the Favorite
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My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
3.5
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011
5.9
Tamara Drewe
2010
5.5
Heavy Rain
2010
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Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009
6.4
Jean Charles
2009
6.1
Great Directors
2009
6.1
Chéri
2009
5.2
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
20074.0
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
6.9
The Queen
2006
6.5
Great British Menu
2006
8.0
Le court des grands
2005
6.7
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
6.4
Eletrodoméstica
2005
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Michael Powell
20052.0
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
2004
6.0
Kulturplatz
2004
2.0
Cast & Crew: If....
2004
5.7
The Route V50
2004
3.5
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
6.8
The Deal
2003
7.2
Forever Ealing
2002
6.9
Dirty Pretty Things
2002NR
Robert Altman in England
2002
9.0
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
2001
6.3
Liam
2001
8.0
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000
6.9
Fail Safe
2000
7.1
High Fidelity
2000
6.0
The Hi-Lo Country
1998
9.0
Beyond Fear
19976.2
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997
6.4
The Van
1996
5.8
Mary Reilly
1996
7.3
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
7.0
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
6.5
The Snapper
1993
6.3
Hero
1992
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Director: Alan Clarke
1991
6.5
The Grifters
1990
7.2
Dangerous Liaisons
1988
9.0
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
5.7
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
6.7
Prick Up Your Ears
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Hooray For Holyrood
1986
6.0
Song of Experience
1986
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Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
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Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985
6.7
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
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December Flower
1984
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The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1984
6.5
The Hit
1984
5.3
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983
6.7
Walter and June
1983
5.9
Walter
1982
7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982NR
The Tractor Factor
1982
7.5
Going Gently
1981
6.5
Bloody Kids
1980
10.0
Long Distance Information
1979
5.3
One Fine Day
1979
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Afternoon Off
1979
6.5
Doris and Doreen
1978
10.0
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
9.0
Long Shot
1978NR
Cold Harbour
1978
7.0
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978
5.0
Black Christmas
1977
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Able's Will
1977
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
10.0
Last Summer
1977
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Play Things
1976
9.0
Early Struggles
1976
6.1
Three Men in a Boat
1975
7.5
Sunset Across the Bay
1975
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Match of the Day
1974
7.0
Playhouse
1974NR
Sporting Scenes
1973NR
Second City Firsts
1973
5.5
A Day Out
1972NR
Full House
1972
6.2
Gumshoe
1971
6.3
Follyfoot
1971NR
Incident
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970
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Parkin's Patch
1969
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Tom Grattan's War
1968
7.0
The Burning
1968
7.2
Omnibus
1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
6.3
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
1966
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Wilder & Me
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