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.
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
(Narrator)
Chéri
(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Forever Ealing
(Self)
Robert Altman in England
(Himself)
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
(Self)
Heavy Rain
30 Years of Comic Strip
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
(Self)
A Look Through His Lens
(Self)
She's French
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
(Self)
Incident
(Man)
French Cinema Mon Amour
(Self)
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
(Self)
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
Great Directors
(Self)
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
(Self)
Cast & Crew: If....
(Self - Interviewee)
Director: Alan Clarke
Long Shot
(Biscuit Man)
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
(Self)
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
(Self)
Hooray For Holyrood
(Self)
Who Killed British Cinema?
(Self)
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
(Self)
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
(Himself)
Henri Langlois vu par...
(Self)
Howard Hawks: American Artist
(Narrator)
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
Reel Britannia
(Self)
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
(Self)
Back to Barrytown
(Self)
Kulturplatz
(Self)
High Fidelity
(Director)
The Queen
(Director)
The Hi-Lo Country
(Director)
Dangerous Liaisons
(Director)
Mrs. Henderson Presents
(Director)
Dirty Pretty Things
(Director)
My Beautiful Laundrette
(Director)
Hero
(Director)
Chéri
(Director)
Fail Safe
(Director)
The Van
(Director)
The Burning
(Director)
Mary Reilly
(Director)
The Snapper
(Director)
Gumshoe
(Director)
Prick Up Your Ears
(Director)
Jean Charles
(Executive Producer)
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
(Director)
The Deal
(Director)
Tamara Drewe
(Director)
The Grifters
(Director)
Last Summer
(Producer)
Last Summer
(Director)
Liam
(Director)
Bloody Kids
(Director)
The Hit
(Director)
Lay the Favorite
(Director)
Walter
(Director)
Three Men in a Boat
(Director)
Sunset Across the Bay
(Director)
A Visit from Miss Prothero
(Director)
A Day Out
(Director)
Philomena
(Director)
Walter and June
(Director)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
(Director)
The Route V50
(Director)
Wilder & Me
(Director)
One Fine Day
(Director)
The Program
(Director)
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
(Director)
Night Will Fall
(Executive Producer)
Night Will Fall
(Producer)
Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons
(Original Film Writer)
Match of the Day
(Director)
Florence Foster Jenkins
(Writer)
Florence Foster Jenkins
(Director)
Le court des grands
(Director)
Doris and Doreen
(Producer)
The Lost King
(Director)
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
(Director)
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
(Director of Photography)
Doris and Doreen
(Director)
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
(Director)
Afternoon Off
(Director)
Going Gently
(Director)
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
(Director)
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
(Director)
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
(Assistant Director)
Victoria & Abdul
(Director)
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
(Director)
Cold Harbour
(Director)
Long Distance Information
(Director)
Song of Experience
(Director)
One Fine Day
(Producer)
December Flower
(Director)
Black Christmas
(Director)
Beyond Fear
(Executive Producer)
Afternoon Off
(Producer)
Henri Langlois vu par...
(Director)
Early Struggles
(Director)
Play Things
(Director)
Able's Will
(Director)
Play for Today
(Director)
Follyfoot
(Director)
The Comic Strip Presents...
(Director)
Playhouse
(Director)
A Very English Scandal
(Director)
A Very English Scandal
(Executive Producer)
State of the Union
(Executive Producer)
The Loudest Voice
(Director)
Quiz
(Executive Producer)
Quiz
(Director)
State of the Union
(Director)
The Regime
(Executive Producer)
The Regime
(Director)
Brian and Margaret
(Director)