
Stephen Frears
Directing
Born: 1941-06-20 Β· Leicester, England, UK
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, includin
π¬ Movies (20)
Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything
2026

Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
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Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
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A Look Through His Lens
2024
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The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
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Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022
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In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020
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Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019

Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019
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Who Killed British Cinema?
2018
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Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018

She's French
2018
Il Γ©tait une fois... Β« The Queen Β»
2017
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Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
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Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015

French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
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Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
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30 Years of Comic Strip
2012
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011
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