Stephen Frears
Leicester, England, UK
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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.
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All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
