Stephen Frears

Career Overview

Stephen Frears has 124 screen credits in a career dating back to 1966. Their work is anchored in the The Barrytown Trilogy universe with 2 titles. Signature works include The Queen, Dangerous Liaisons, Victoria & Abdul. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 124
Birth Date: 1941-06-20 00:00:00
Birth Place: Leicester, England, UK

Known For

Associated Universes

The Barrytown Trilogy (2 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Robin Soans (2 collaborations)
John Cusack (2 collaborations)
Helen Mirren (1 collaborations)
Michael Sheen (1 collaborations)
James Cromwell (1 collaborations)
Helen McCrory (1 collaborations)
Alex Jennings (1 collaborations)
Roger Allam (1 collaborations)
Sylvia Syms (1 collaborations)
Paul Barrett (1 collaborations)

Credits

directing (69 credits)
- Wilder & Me
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Brian and Maggie
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2025
- The Regime
  
  - Midnight Feast (2024) ... director directing
  
  - The Foundling (2024) ... director directing
  
  - Victory Day (2024) ... director directing
  
  2024
- The Lost King
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2022
- State of the Union
  
  - The Last Box (2022) ... director directing
  
  - Kopi Iuwak (2022) ... director directing
  
  - Facetime TV (2022) ... director directing
  
  - The Road Most Travelled (2022) ... director directing
  
  - Intimacy Kit (2022) ... director directing
  
  2019
- A Very English Scandal
  
  - Episode 3 (2018) ... director directing
  
  - Episode 2 (2018) ... director directing
  
  - Episode 1 (2018) ... director directing
  
  2018
- Victoria & Abdul
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- Florence Foster Jenkins
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- The Program
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Henri Langlois vu par...
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Philomena
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Lay the Favorite
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Tamara Drewe
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2010
- Chéri
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- The Queen
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Le court des grands
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2005
- Mrs. Henderson Presents
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2005
- The Route V50
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- The Deal
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- Dirty Pretty Things
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2002
- Liam
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2001
- Fail Safe
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2000
- High Fidelity
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  2000
- The Hi-Lo Country
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1998
- The Van
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1996
- Mary Reilly
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1996
- Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1995
- The Snapper
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1993
- Hero
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1992
- The Grifters
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1990
- Dangerous Liaisons
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1987
- Prick Up Your Ears
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1987
- Song of Experience
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- My Beautiful Laundrette
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1985
- December Flower
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- The Hit
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- Saigon: Year of the Cat
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1983
- Walter and June
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1983
- Walter
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1982
- The Tractor Factor
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1982
- The Comic Strip Presents...
  
  - Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door (1988) ... director directing
  
  - The Strike (1988) ... director directing
  
  1982
- Going Gently
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1981
- Bloody Kids
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1980
- Long Distance Information
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1979
- One Fine Day
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1979
- Afternoon Off
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1979
- Doris and Doreen
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
- Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
- Cold Harbour
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
- A Visit from Miss Prothero
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
- Black Christmas
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1977
- Able's Will
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1977
- Last Summer
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1977
- Play Things
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Early Struggles
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Three Men in a Boat
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1975
- Sunset Across the Bay
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1975
- Match of the Day
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1974
- Playhouse
  
  - Going Gently (1981) ... director directing
  
  - Play Things (1976) ... director directing
  
  1974
- A Day Out
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- Gumshoe
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1971
- Play for Today
  
  - Long Distance Information (1979) ... director directing
  
  - Early Struggles (1976) ... director directing
  
  - Sunset Across the Bay (1975) ... director directing
  
  1970
- The Burning
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
  
  assistant director
  
  directing
  
  1966
actors (41 credits)
- Angela Allen: The Woman Who Saw Everything
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Innes Lloyd: The Producer
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Alec Guinness: A Class Act
  self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- A Look Through His Lens
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- The Rise of the Comic Strip
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- In The Tracks Of - Alexandre Desplat
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Revisiting The Man in the White Suit
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Memories of Lindsay Anderson
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Who Killed British Cinema?
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Seduction. Betrayal. Murder: The Making of The Grifters
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- She's French
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Il était une fois... « The Queen »
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Reflecting on My Beautiful Laundrette: A Conversation between Stephen Frears and Colin MacCabe
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- French Cinema Mon Amour
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Henri Langlois vu par...
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- 30 Years of Comic Strip
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- My Friend Sam: Living for the Moment
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Hans Zimmer: The Sound of Hollywood
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Heavy Rain
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Once Upon a Time... 'Notorious'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Great Directors
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Chéri
  Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Here’s Looking at You, Boy
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- The Making of 'The Queen'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Michael Powell
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man?
  Self (Archival)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Cast & Crew: If....
  Self - Interviewee
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Forever Ealing
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- Robert Altman in England
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- All About Desire: The Passionate Cinema of Pedro Almodovar
  Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Alan Clarke: His Own Man
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Howard Hawks: American Artist
  Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Typically British: A Personal History of British Cinema
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Director: Alan Clarke
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1991
- Hooray For Holyrood
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Long Shot
  Biscuit Man
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1978
- Incident
  Man
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
production (10 credits)
- The Regime
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - Don't Yet Rejoice (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - All Ye Faithful (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - Midnight Feast (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Heroes' Banquet (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Foundling (2024) ... executive producer production
  
  2024
- State of the Union
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - The Last Box (2022) ... executive producer production
  
  - Kopi Iuwak (2022) ... executive producer production
  
  - Facetime TV (2022) ... executive producer production
  
  - The Road Most Travelled (2022) ... executive producer production
  
  - Intimacy Kit (2022) ... executive producer production
  
  2019
- A Very English Scandal
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  - Episode 3 (2018) ... executive producer production
  
  - Episode 2 (2018) ... executive producer production
  
  - Episode 1 (2018) ... executive producer production
  
  2018
- Night Will Fall
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  2014
- Jean Charles
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2009
- Beyond Fear
  
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  1997
- One Fine Day
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1979
- Afternoon Off
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1979
- Doris and Doreen
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1978
- Last Summer
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1977
writing (2 credits)
- Short Cuts: Dangerous Liaisons
  
  original film writer
  
  writing
  
  2021
- Florence Foster Jenkins
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2016
crew (1 credits)
- Eletrodoméstica
  
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  2005
camera (1 credits)
- Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
  
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1986