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Stephen Frears

Stephen Frears

Birthday: 1941-06-20 | 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
A Look Through His Lens

as    Self

2024
2023
2022
Reel Britannia

as    Self

2022
2019
2019
2018
2016
2014
Henri Langlois vu par...

as    Self

2009
Great Directors

as    Self

2009
2007
2004
Cast & Crew: If....

as    Self - Interviewee

2002
Forever Ealing

as    Self

2000
Alan Clarke: His Own Man

as    Himself

1997
Howard Hawks: American Artist

as    Narrator

1986
Hooray For Holyrood

as    Self