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Stephen Frears
Highest Rated: 100% Fail Safe (2000)
Lowest Rated: 18% Lay the Favorite (2012)
Birthday: Jun 20, 1941
Birthplace: Leicester, England, UK
Armed with a keen visual awareness and compelling ability to tell a story, director Stephen Frears became established in British cinema and television during the 1970s and 1980s before receiving international acclaim for "My Beautiful Laundrette" (1986). From there, Frears balanced careers in both America and his native England, helming the critically acclaimed British biopic "Prick Up Your Ears" (1987), while pushing boundaries with the lavish "Dangerous Liaisons" (1988). He went on to helm one of the best neo-noirs of the postmodern age, "The Grifters" (1990), which earned some of the best praise of his career. Though he no doubt could have further developed his Hollywood credentials, Frears instead returned to England to direct smaller indies like "The Snapper" (1993) and "The Van" (1996). Frears also helmed a sharp adaptation of countryman Nick Hornby's "High Fidelity" (2000) before earning more critical acclaim for his smart thriller "Dirty Pretty Things" (2003). With "The Queen" (2006), arguably one of his finest achievements, particularly in drawing an exemplary performance from star Helen Mirren, Frears cemented his place as one of England's most diverse and celebrated directors.
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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77% |
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The Lost King | Director | $1.2M | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Tracks of Alexandre Desplat | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | State of the Union | Director | - | 2018 |
66% |
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Victoria & Abdul | Director | $22.2M | 2017 |
88% |
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Florence Foster Jenkins | Director | $27.4M | 2016 |
62% |
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The Program | Director | - | 2015 |
100% |
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Night Will Fall | Executive Producer | - | 2014 |
38% |
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Director | - | 2013 |
91% |
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Philomena | Director | $37.7M | 2013 |
18% |
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Lay the Favorite | Director | $21.0K | 2012 |
65% |
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Tamara Drewe | Director | $560.1K | 2010 |
66% |
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Great Directors | Self | $17.9K | 2009 |
51% |
|
Chéri |
Narrator, Director |
$2.7M | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Jean Charles | Executive Producer | - | 2009 |
97% |
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The Queen | Director | $56.4M | 2006 |
68% |
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Mrs. Henderson Presents | Director | $11.0M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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The Deal | Director | - | 2003 |
94% |
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Dirty Pretty Things | Director | $8.1M | 2002 |
100% |
|
Fail Safe | Director | - | 2000 |
70% |
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Liam | Director | $1.0M | 2000 |
91% |
|
High Fidelity | Director | $27.3M | 2000 |
54% |
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The Hi-Lo Country | Director | $163.8K | 1998 |
38% |
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The Van | Director | $621.1K | 1996 |
26% |
|
Mary Reilly | Director | $5.5M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond Fear | Executive Producer | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Typically British | Director | - | 1995 |
97% |
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The Snapper | Director | $674.8K | 1993 |
67% |
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Hero | Director | $18.2M | 1992 |
91% |
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The Grifters | Director | $10.1M | 1990 |
94% |
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Dangerous Liaisons | Director | $32.7M | 1988 |
92% |
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Prick Up Your Ears | Director | $1.6M | 1987 |
75% |
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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | Director | - | 1987 |
98% |
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My Beautiful Laundrette | Director | - | 1985 |
89% |
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The Hit | Director | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Director | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walter and June | Director | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walter | Director | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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One Joke Too Many | Director | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Old Crowd | Producer | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Long Shot | Biscuit Man (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Men in a Boat | Director | - | 1975 |
88% |
|
Gumshoe | Director | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Burning | Director | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Burning |
Director, Producer |
- | 1968 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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52% | 53% | The Regime |
Executive Producer, Director |
2024 |
94% | 83% | State of the Union |
Executive Producer, Director |
2019 2022 |
55% | 94% | The Loudest Voice | Director | 2019 |
97% | 81% | A Very English Scandal |
Executive Producer, Director |
2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Comic Strip Presents | Director | 1984 1988 |