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Stephen Frears
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, 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.
Known For
Chéri
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
30 Years of Comic Strip
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
as Self
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
as Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
as Self
A Look Through His Lens
as Self
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
as Self
Great Directors
as Self
