Search movies and TV series
Directing
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.
Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything

Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self (archive footage)

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
A Look Through His Lens
as Self

The Rise of the Comic Strip
as Self

Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
as Self

Reel Britannia
as Self

Back to Barrytown
as Self

In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
as Self
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit

Memories of Lindsay Anderson
as Self

Who Killed British Cinema?
as Self

Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters

She's French
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
as Self

Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
as Self

Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe

French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self

Henri Langlois vu par...
as Self

30 Years of Comic Strip
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment

Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
as Self

Heavy Rain
as Himself

Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
as Self

Great Directors
as Self

Chéri
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
The Making of 'The Queen'
as Self

Great British Menu
as Self - Guest Judge

Michael Powell
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
as Self (Archival)

Kulturplatz
as Self

Cast & Crew: If....
as Self - Interviewee

100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self

Forever Ealing
as Self
Robert Altman in England
as Self

All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
as Narrator

Alan Clarke: His Own Man
as Self
Howard Hawks: American Artist
as Narrator

Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
as Self

Director: Alan Clarke
Hooray For Holyrood
as Self

Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
as Self

Long Shot
as Biscuit Man
Incident
as Man

Omnibus