Stephen Frears
Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is an English director and producer of film and television often depicting real life stories as well as projects that explore social class through sharply drawn characters. Born in Leicester and educated at Gresham's School and Trinity College, Cambridge, Frears started his career working as an assistant director in theatre and film while directing numerous television plays. In 1971, he directed his first feature film, Gumshoe. After more television work, he won acclaim for the gay romance film, My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), featuring a breakout performance from a young Daniel Day-Lewis. He continued to garner praise with Prick Up Your Ears (1987), a biographical movie about British playwright Joe Orton. He followed with the American films Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and The Grifters (1990), the latter receiving an Academy Award nomination for Be...
Filmography
Titles and credit roles
Director credits
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The Lost King
Victoria & Abdul
Florence Foster Jenkins
The Program
Henri Langlois vu par...
Philomena
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Lay the Favorite
Tamara Drewe
Chéri
The Queen
Le court des grands
Mrs. Henderson Presents
The Deal
Dirty Pretty Things
Fail Safe
High Fidelity
Liam
The Hi-Lo Country
The Van
Mary Reilly
The Snapper
Hero
The Grifters
Dangerous Liaisons
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Prick Up Your Ears
Song of Experience
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
My Beautiful Laundrette
December Flower
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
The Hit
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Walter and June
Walter
Going Gently
Bloody Kids
Long Distance Information
One Fine Day- COCold Harbour
Play Things
Early Struggles
Three Men in a Boat
Sunset Across the Bay
Match of the Day
Gumshoe
Wilder & Me
Actor credits
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Innes Lloyd: The Producer
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
A Look Through His Lens
The Rise of the Comic Strip
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
She's French- ILIl était une fois... « The Queen »
French Cinema Mon Amour
The British Film Industry: Elitist, Deluded or Dormant?
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
Heavy Rain
Great Directors
Here’s Looking at You, Boy- THThe Making of 'The Queen'
Michael Powell- LILindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
Forever Ealing- HOHoward Hawks: American Artist
Director: Alan Clarke- HOHooray For Holyrood
Long Shot