- Born
- Birth nameStephen Arthur Frears
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Stephen started off in a career in the legal profession before switching to work as an assistant stage manager at London's Royal Court which led to work as an assistant director on films by Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson. He directed his first short in 1967 and his feature debut, Gumshoe, in 1971. The next 12 years were spent working in television before returning to film with My Beautiful Laundrette.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tonyman 5
- SpousesAnne Rothenstein(1992 - present) (2 children)Mary-Kay Wilmers(1968 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- ParentsRussell E. FrearsRuth M. Danziger
- Often makes movies about love triangles that end tragically
- Often directs movies featuring female leads
- He has directed three films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Dangerous Liaisons (1988), The Queen (2006) and Philomena (2013).
- Has directed seven Oscar nominated performances: Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench and Meryl Streep. Mirren won for The Queen (2006).
- Father of actor Sam Frears and stage director Will Frears from his first marriage, and Frankie Frears and Lola Frears from his second.
- Studied Law at Cambridge University.
- President of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 60th Cannes International Film Festival in 2007.
- A friend asked me why I thought I'd been able to direct films for 30 years and I really didn't have an answer. It is a very difficult industry and grinds up talent unmercifully.
- There's one thing now that I experience every day when I'm making a film. I get up and think to myself, am I going to be able to do it today? I figure as long as I have that fear, I'll be alright.
- I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.
- Isn't that what Joan Collins' success is based on? People love bitches. The more dreadful they are, the more awful things they say, the more heavenly they are.
- I can't write, I don't think I'm even particularly good at telling a writer what's good or what's missing. So, actually having someone who can do that is a godsend.
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