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Stephen Frears

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Stephen Frears

Born Jun 20, 1941 · 85 years131 titles 106 movies · 25 TV
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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.

Also known as

스티븐 프리어즈 · Stephen Arthur Frears

Born

Jun 20, 1941

Leicester, England, UK

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

47

Acting credits

82

Directing

2

Writing

13

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

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Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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