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Stephen Frears

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Frears at the July 12, 2014 Odessa International Film Festival

Born
Stephen Arthur Frears


(1941-06-20) 20 June 1941 (age 77)

Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Education
Gresham's School, Norfolk
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation Film director, television director
Years active 1968–present
Notable work
My Beautiful Laundrette
Dangerous Liaisons
High Fidelity
The Queen
Philomena
Spouse(s)
Mary-Kay Wilmers
(m. 1968; div. early 1970s)
Anne Rothenstein
(m. 1992)
Children 4

Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is an English film and television director. Frears has directed numerous films since the 1980s including My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons, High Fidelity, The Queen, Philomena, and Florence Foster Jenkins. He has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Director: for The Grifters and The Queen. In 2008 The Daily Telegraph named him among the 100 most influential people in British culture.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Early life


  • 2 Education


  • 3 Career


  • 4 Personal life


  • 5 Awards


  • 6 Awards


  • 7 Filmography


    • 7.1 Feature films


    • 7.2 Television




  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Early life


Frears was born in Leicester, England. His mother, Ruth M. (née Danziger), was a social worker, and his father, Russell E. Frears, was a general practitioner and accountant.[2] Frears was brought up Anglican, and did not find out that his mother was Jewish until he was in his late 20s.[3][4][5]



Education


From 1954 to 1959, Frears was educated at Gresham's School,[6] a boarding independent school for boys (now co-educational) in the market town of Holt in Norfolk. This was followed by Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1960 to 1963.



Career


At the University of Cambridge Frears was Assistant Stage Manager for the 1963 footlights Revue which starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Bill Oddie and David Hatch.[7] After graduating from the University, Frears worked as an assistant director on the films Morgan! and if..... He spent most of his early directing career in television, mainly for the BBC but also for the commercial sector.


Frears contributed to several high-profile anthology series, such as the BBC's Play for Today. He produced a series of Alan Bennett's plays for LWT, taking responsibility for working in the gallery on The Old Crowd while Lindsay Anderson worked with the actors.




Frears in Sweden, 1989, promoting his film Dangerous Liaisons


In the late 1980s, Frears came to international attention as a director of feature films. His directorial film debut was the detective spoof Gumshoe (1971). His direction of My Beautiful Laundrette unexpectedly led to wider notice. The interracial gay romance, based on a Hanif Kureishi screenplay and shot on 16 mm film, was released theatrically in 1985 to great acclaim. It received an Academy Award nomination and two nominations for BAFTA Awards: it is known as the film that helped launch both Frears and actor Daniel Day Lewis.


In 1987, Frears worked with Adrian Edmondson on Mr Jolly Lives Next Door, for a 45-minute programme by cult ensemble The Comic Strip Presents. In 1985, Frears also directed a Comic Strip parody of Daphne Du Maurier's novel Rebecca.


Frears next directed the Joe Orton biopic Prick Up Your Ears, another collaboration with playwright Alan Bennett. His second film adapted from a Kureishi screenplay was Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987). The following year, Frears made Dangerous Liaisons in France, with a cast that included Americans Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Based on the late 18th-century French novel of romantic game playing, the film received numerous Academy Awards and BAFTA nominations. Frears was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction. Frears had further critical success with his next film The Grifters, another tale of con artists. The film earned Frears his first Academy Award nomination for best direction.


In 2006, Frears directed The Queen, about Queen Elizabeth II. It touched on the social strains caused by the people's mourning for the death of Princess Diana on 31 August 1997. The Queen also achieved immense critical acclaim, box-office success, and awards. Frears received his second Academy Award nomination for best direction, and Helen Mirren won numerous awards for playing the title role.


Frears' other films include Western The Hi-Lo Country (1998), which won him the best director award at the Berlin Film Festival, High Fidelity (2000), which features a number of scenes where star John Cusack addresses the audience directly, Dirty Pretty Things (2002), and the British theatre comedy Mrs Henderson Presents (2005).


Frears returned to directing for television with The Deal (2003), which depicts an alleged deal between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown over which of them should become leader of the Labour Party in 1994.


Frears has also directed two films adapted from novels by Roddy Doyle, The Snapper (1993) and The Van (1996).


Frears holds the "David Lean Chair in Fiction Direction" at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, where he teaches.


His 1992 film Hero, starring Dustin Hoffman, was a major box office disappointment. Frears was nominated for a Razzie Award for his direction of Mary Reilly.


His 2013 Irish adoption drama, Philomena, written by Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan, won the best screenplay award at the 2013 Venice Film Festival and the BAFTAS, and was nominated that year for Best Picture at the BAFTAs and the Academy Awards. It stars Coogan and Judi Dench. The same year, HBO released his television drama Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, which depicts the US Supreme Court deliberation over banning Muhammad Ali from boxing for refusing to serve in the Vietnam War.


His biopic of disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong, The Program, was premiered in the 2015 BFI London Film Festival.


Many of Frears' films are based on stories of living persons, but Frears has never met any of his subjects.[8]


National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C1316/07) with Stephen Frears in 2008 for its The Legacy of the English Stage Company collection held by the British Library.[9]



Personal life


Frears lives in London with his wife, the painter Anne Rothenstein, and their two children. He also has two children from his previous marriage to Mary-Kay Wilmers.


Early in his career, Frears made a programme featuring the band the Scaffold and is name-checked ("Mr Frears had sticky out ears...") in their hit song "Lily the Pink".[10]


He was one of several celebrities who endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the Green Party's Caroline Lucas at the 2015 general election.[11]



Awards



  • 1982: Won BAFTA TV Award for best Single Play BBC2 Playhouse: Going Gently (#7.27)

  • 1989: Won César Award for Best Foreign Film for Dangerous Liaisons

  • 1990: Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director for The Grifters

  • 1995: Won Goya Award for Best European Film for The Snapper

  • 1996: Nominated for Razzie Award for Worst Director for Mary Reilly

  • 1996: Nominated for the Golden Bear in Berlin for Mary Reilly[12]

  • 1999: Won Silver Bear for Best Director for The Hi-Lo Country in Berlin.[13]

  • 2003: Won BAFTA TV Awards for Best Single Drama for The Deal

  • 2006: Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director for The Queen

  • 2006: Nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Direction for The Queen

  • 2007: Won Goya Award for Best European Film for The Queen

  • 2009: Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres[14]

  • 2014: Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

  • 2014: Golden Duke for Lifetime Achievement of the 5th Odessa International Film Festival[15]




Frears at the Cardiff Film Festival in 2006 for the premiere of The Queen.



Awards



  • 1982: Won BAFTA TV Award for best Single Play BBC2 Playhouse: Going Gently (#7.27)

  • 1989: Won César Award for Best Foreign Film for Dangerous Liaisons

  • 1990: Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director for The Grifters

  • 1995: Won Goya Award for Best European Film for The Snapper

  • 1996: Nominated for Razzie Award for Worst Director for Mary Reilly

  • 1996: Nominated for the Golden Bear in Berlin for Mary Reilly[12]

  • 1999: Won Silver Bear for Best Director for The Hi-Lo Country in Berlin.[13]

  • 2003: Won BAFTA TV Awards for Best Single Drama for The Deal

  • 2006: Nominated for Academy Award for Best Director for The Queen

  • 2006: Nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Direction for The Queen

  • 2007: Won Goya Award for Best European Film for The Queen

  • 2009: Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres[16]

  • 2014: Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

  • 2014: Golden Duke for Lifetime Achievement of the 5th Odessa International Film Festival[17]



Filmography




Frears at the Cardiff Film Festival in 2006 for the premiere of The Queen.









References





  1. ^ "The 100 most powerful people in British culture: 61-80". The Telegraph. 18 March 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Stephen Frears Biography". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2017-05-15.


  3. ^ "Hidden Heritage Inspires Director" Archived 10 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine.


  4. ^ Naomi Pfefferman, "Frears and Pfeiffer reunite for Colette courtesan drama ‘Chéri’", Jewish Journal, 20 May 2009. Archived 21 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine.


  5. ^ "Nick Curtis, "'I hope you find it vulgar'"". Standard.co.uk. 2005-11-10. Retrieved 2017-05-15.


  6. ^ "Film director returns to Gresham's". Gresham's School. Norfolk. February 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.


  7. ^ New Arts Theatre Club programme (July 1963)


  8. ^ Husam sam Asi (25 November 2015). "Stephen Frears on telling real life stories in cinema – Interview". Youtube. Retrieved 2016-04-03.


  9. ^ National Life Stories, 'Jellicoe, Ann (1 of 11) National Life Stories Collection: The Legacy of the English Stage Company', The British Library Board, 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2018


  10. ^ Scaffold, "Lily the Pink" lyrics. Archived 23 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine.


  11. ^ Elgot, Jessica (24 April 2015). "Celebrities sign statement of support for Caroline Lucas – but not the Greens". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 July 2015.


  12. ^ ab "Berlinale: 1996 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-01.


  13. ^ ab "Berlinale: 1999 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-29.


  14. ^ "Stephen Frears reçoit les insignes de commandeur des Arts et des Lettres" (in French). Agence France-Presse. 18 March 2009. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2009.


  15. ^ "Award Winners". Odessa International Film Festival (in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 September 2015.


  16. ^ "Stephen Frears reçoit les insignes de commandeur des Arts et des Lettres" (in French). Agence France-Presse. 18 March 2009. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2009.


  17. ^ "Award Winners". Odessa International Film Festival (in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 September 2015.




External links








  • Stephen Frears on IMDb


  • Stephen Frears at the BFI's Screenonline

  • Stephen Frears discusses whether his biopics are fact or fiction in The Art Of Life












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