8.6
8.6
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
1988
Director
Stephen Frears
Also known as: Stephen Arthur Frears
Directing
Born:June 20, 1941(age 85)
Birthplace:Leicester, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Trinity College, Gresham's School
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (98 movies)
8.0
8.0
Le court des grands
2005
Director
7.6
7.6
Night Will Fall
2014
Executive Producer
7.5
7.5
Going Gently
1981
Director
7.3
7.3
Philomena
2013
Director
7.2
7.2
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
2022
as Self
7.2
7.2
Dangerous Liaisons
1988
Director
7.1
7.1
High Fidelity
2000
Director
7.0
7.0
The Burning
1968
Director
7.0
7.0
Walter and June
1983
Director
7.0
7.0
The Queen
2006
Director
6.9
6.9
Fail Safe
2000
Director
6.9
6.9
Victoria & Abdul
2017
Director
6.9
6.9
Dirty Pretty Things
2002
Director
6.8
6.8
Forever Ealing
2002
as Self
6.7
6.7
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985
Director
6.7
6.7
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
1995
Director
6.7
6.7
The Deal
2003
Director
6.7
6.7
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
Director
6.6
6.6
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
Director
6.6
6.6
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
Director
6.5
6.5
The Grifters
1990
Director
6.5
6.5
The Lost King
2022
Director
6.4
6.4
The Hit
1984
Director
6.4
6.4
The Snapper
1993
Director
6.4
6.4
Bloody Kids
1980
Director
6.4
6.4
The Program
2015
Director
6.3
6.3
The Van
1996
Director
6.3
6.3
Jean Charles
2009
Executive Producer
6.3
6.3
Gumshoe
1971
Director
6.3
6.3
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013
Director
6.3
6.3
Hero
1992
Director
6.1
6.1
Liam
2001
Director
6.1
6.1
The Hi-Lo Country
1998
Director
6.0
6.0
Chéri
2009
Director
6.0
6.0
Alan Clarke: His Own Man
2000
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Making of 'The Queen'
2007
as Self
6.0
6.0
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
6.0
6.0
Doris and Doreen
1978
Producer
6.0
6.0
Sunset Across the Bay
1975
Director
6.0
6.0
Song of Experience
1986
Director
5.9
5.9
Great Directors
2009
as Self
5.9
5.9
Tamara Drewe
2010
Director
5.9
5.9
Three Men in a Boat
1975
Director
5.8
5.8
Howard Hawks: American Artist
1997
as Narrator
5.8
5.8
The Route V50
2004
Director
5.8
5.8
Mary Reilly
1996
Director
5.5
5.5
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
Director
5.2
5.2
Lay the Favorite
2012
Director
5.2
5.2
Walter
1982
Director
5.0
5.0
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018
as Self
4.8
4.8
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
as Self
4.8
4.8
A Day Out
1972
Director
4.6
4.6
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983
Director
4.5
4.5
One Fine Day
1979
Director
4.0
4.0
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014
Director
3.5
3.5
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
as Self
2.0
2.0
In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
2020
as Self
2.0
2.0
Heavy Rain
2010
as Himself
1.0
1.0
Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
2011
as Self
1.0
1.0
Black Christmas
1977
Director
0.5
0.5
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
as Self
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
2018
Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
2009
as Self
Robert Altman in England
2002
as Himself
Hooray For Holyrood
1986
as Self
Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
2019
Memories of Lindsay Anderson
2019
as Self
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985
as Self
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
2015
Michael Powell
2005
All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
2001
as Narrator
She's French
2017
Incident
1971
as Man
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
as Self (archive footage)
A Look Through His Lens
2024
as Self
Il était une fois... « The Queen »
2017
as Self
The Rise of the Comic Strip
2023
as Self
Cast & Crew: If....
2004
as Self - Interviewee
Director: Alan Clarke
1991
My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
2012
Long Shot
1978
as Biscuit Man
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
as Self
Able's Will
1977
Director
Wilder & Me
TBA
Director
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
1978
Director
Afternoon Off
1979
Producer
A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978
Director
December Flower
1984
Director
Beyond Fear
1997
Executive Producer
Early Struggles
1976
Director
Last Summer
1977
Producer
Match of the Day
1974
Director
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1984
Director
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
1986
Director
Cold Harbour
1978
Director
Play Things
1976
Director
Long Distance Information
1979
Director
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