Stephen Frears - biography

“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 like a lot of takes.  I just go on until the actors get it right.”

Stephen Frears directed the following films:
Gumshoe (1971)
Bloody Kids (1979)
The Hit (1984)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
The Grifters (1990)
Hero (1992)
Mary Reilly (1996)
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
High Fidelity (2000)
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
The Queen (2006)
Chéri (2009)
Tamara Drewe (2010)
Lay the Favorite (2012)


Stephen Frears contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
The Queen (2006)