Stephen Frears

Trailblazing artist who left a legacy.

Stephen Frears
Age83
Full NameStephen Arthur Frears
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Media
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  • One Fine Day
  • Night Will Fall
  • Skip Tracer
  • The Loudest Voice
  • Century of Cinema
  • Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
  • A Very English Scandal
  • State of the Union
  • Moog
  • Philomena
  • Afternoon Off
  • In Their Own Words
  • Quiz
  • All Day on the Sands
  • Freezing
  • The 79th Annual Academy Awards
  • Doris and Doreen
  • Il était une fois...
  • ITV Playhouse
  • Cinéma cinémas
  • Victoria & Abdul
  • Florence Foster Jenkins
  • Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
  • The Old Crowd
  • The Lost King
  • The Program
  • The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards
  • The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
  • Jean Charles
  • Tamara Drewe
  • Chéri
  • Beyond Fear
  • Long Shot
  • The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017
  • Lay the Favorite

Family Tree

The illustrious Stephen Frears, hailing from the distinguished Frears family, began his career in the noble field of law. After a successful tenure, Stephen made the move to the prestigious Royal Court in London, taking up the role of assistant stage manager, which led to work with esteemed directors Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson. In 1967, Stephen directed his first short film, and four years later, his feature debut, Gumshoe. After a dozen years of directing television, Stephen made his return to film with My Beautiful Laundrette. His son, Frankie Frears, born in 1983, continued the Frears family's illustrious filmmaking career, acting as assistant director and director on acclaimed films such as Emily Flutters, Cries of London, and The Years in the Desert. With his lineage of esteemed filmmakers, Stephen Frears and his son, Frankie, have become the epitome of British royalty in the cinematic world.

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