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Frears, Stephen (1941-)
 

Film & TV credits


Film credits
 
MORGAN A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT1966assistant to director (uncredited)
CHARLIE BUBBLES1967assistant to the director
THE BURNING1967director; producer
IF....1968assistant to the director
GUMSHOE1971director
INCIDENT1971cast member
LONG SHOT1978driver to forth bridge
BLOODY KIDS1979director
THE FIRST FEW YEARS1980director
THE TRACTOR FACTOR1982director
THE HIT1984director
MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE1985director
PRICK UP YOUR EARS1987director
SAMMY AND ROSIE GET LAID1987director
DANGEROUS LIAISONSUS, 1988director
THE GRIFTERSUS, 1990director
HERO / HERO AND A HALF / ACCIDENTAL HEROUS, 1992director
SATAN AT HIS BEST1995executive producer
MARY REILLYUS/UK, 1996director
THE VANEire/UK/US, 1996director
BEYOND FEAR1996executive producer
THE HI-LO COUNTRYUK/US, 1998director
HIGH FIDELITYUS/UK, 2000director
FAIL SAFEUS, 2000director
DIRTY PRETTY THINGSUS/UK, 2002director
LIAMUK/Germany/Italy, 2002director
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTSUK/US, 2005director
THE QUEENUK/France/Italy, 2006director
SCHAU MIR IN DIE AUGEN, KLEINER / HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, BOYGermany/France, 2007on-screen participant
MOOG2007Mr Starling
40 x 15France, 2008on-screen participant
CHÉRIUK/France, 2009director / narrator (uncredited)
JEAN CHARLESBrazil/UK, 2009executive producer
TAMARA DREWE2010director
 
Television credits
 
REPORT: St Ann'sITV tx 4/3/1969director
PARKIN'S PATCH: The DeserterITV tx 31/10/1969director
PARKIN'S PATCH: BoysITV tx 29/11/1969director
TOM GRATTAN'S WAR: The Walking BombITV tx 10/4/1970director
TOM GRATTAN'S WAR: Blind Man's BuffITV tx 17/4/1970director
TOM GRATTAN'S WAR: The CowardITV tx 1/5/1970director
TOM GRATTAN'S WAR: Badge of FearITV tx 8/5/1970director
FOLLYFOOT: DoraITV tx 2/7/1971director
FOLLYFOOT: The Charity HorseITV tx 6/8/1971director
FOLLYFOOT: Know-All's NagITV tx 13/8/1971director
FULL HOUSE: The SistersBBC2 tx 17/2/1973director
FOLLYFOOT: The Distant VoiceITV tx 24/6/1973director
SPORTING SCENES: England, Their EnglandBBC2 tx 23/12/1973director
A DAY OUTBBC2 tx 24/12/1972director
SECOND CITY FIRSTS: Match of the DayBBC2 tx 18/3/1974director
THREE MEN IN A BOATBBC2 tx 31/12/1975director
PLAY FOR TODAY: Sunset Across the BayBBC1 tx 20/2/1975director
DAFT AS A BRUSHBBC2 tx 24/9/1975director
PLAY FOR TODAY: Early StrugglesBBC1 tx 30/3/1976director
PLAYHOUSE: Play ThingsBBC2 tx 7/5/1976director
EIGHTEEN MONTHS TO BALCOMBE STREETITV tx 19/2/1977director
PLAYHOUSE: Last SummerITV tx 21/6/1977director
PLAY OF THE WEEK: Able's WillBBC2 tx 5/10/1977director
BLACK CHRISTMASBBC2 tx 20/12/1977director
PLAY OF THE WEEK: A Visit from Miss ProtheroBBC2 tx 11/1/1978director
PLAYHOUSE: Cold HarbourITV tx 25/4/1978director
BY ALAN BENNETT - SIX PLAYSITV tx 2/12/1978-24/2/1979 (6 edns)producer
BY ALAN BENNETT - SIX PLAYS: Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia WoolfITV tx 2/12/1978director
BY ALAN BENNETT - SIX PLAYS: Doris and DoreenITV tx 16/12/1978director
BY ALAN BENNETT - SIX PLAYS: Afternoon OffITV tx 3/2/1979director
BY ALAN BENNETT - SIX PLAYS: One Fine DayITV tx 17/2/1979director
THE SOUTH BANK SHOWITV tx 25/2/1979interviewee
PLAY FOR TODAY: Long Distance InformationBBC1 tx 11/10/1979director
PLAYHOUSE: Going GentlyBBC2 tx 5/6/1981director
WALTERChannel 4 tx 2/11/1982director
WALTER AND JUNEChannel 4 tx 26/5/1983director
LOVING WALTERITV tx 17/7/1983director
THE LAST COMPANY CARITV tx 31/7/1983director
SAIGON - YEAR OF THE CATITV tx 29/11/1983director
FILM 84BBC1 tx 15/5/1984interviewee
DECEMBER FLOWERITV tx 23/12/1984director
THE COMIC STRIP PRESENTS...: The Bullshitters Roll Out the GunbarrelChannel 4 tx 3/11/1984director
SATURDAY REVIEWBBC2 tx 16/11/1985interviewee
THE COMIC STRIP PRESENTS...: ConsuelaChannel 4 tx 1/1/1986director
SCREEN TWO: Song of ExperienceBBC2 tx 16/2/1986director
FILM CLUB: Garde a vue / Quai des OrfevresBBC2 tx 17/10/1987introduction
FULTON MACKAYBBC2 (Scotland) tx 31/12/1987interviewee
REVIEWBBC2 tx 24/1/1988interviewee
THE COMIC STRIP PRESENTS...: Mr. Jolly Lives Next DoorChannel 4 tx 5/3/1988director
BREAKFAST TIMEBBC1 tx 15/2/1989interviewee
OMNIBUS: MalkovichBBC1 tx 7/9/1990interviewee
FILM 91BBC1 tx 29/1/1991interviewee
THE LATE SHOWBBC2 tx 6/2/1991subject of item
DIRECTOR: ALAN CLARKEBBC2 tx 12/7/1991interviewee
WITHOUT WALLS: The Obituary Show: Norman WisdomChannel 4 tx 30/3/1993interviewee
SCREEN TWO: The SnapperBBC2 tx 4/4/1993director
FILM 93 SPECIAL: Barry Norman at the Cannes Film FestivalBBC1 tx 26/5/1993interviewee
HOLLYWOOD U.K. BRITISH CINEMA IN THE SIXTIES: Making It in LondonBBC2 tx 12/9/1993interviewee
HOLLYWOOD U.K. BRITISH CINEMA IN THE SIXTIES: A Very British PictureBBC2 tx 19/9/1993interviewee
THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: Ken LoachITV tx 3/10/1993interviewee
THE LATE SHOWBBC2 tx 14/9/1994interviewee
STEPHEN FREARS INTRODUCES IF....Channel 4 tx 28/12/1994introduction
STEPHEN FREARS INTRODUCES WHISKY GALORE!Channel 4 tx 23/1/1994on-screen participant
THE CENTURY OF CINEMA: TYPICALLY BRITISH A PERSONAL HISTORY OF BRITISH CINEMA BY STEPHEN FREARSChannel 4 tx 2/9/1995director; script; on-screen participant
TRIBUTE TO ALEXANDER MACKENDRICKChannel 4 tx 16/12/1995presenter
FILM 96BBC1 tx 11/3/1996interviewee
FILM NIGHTChannel 4 tx 14/5/1997on-screen participant
THIS IS YOUR LIFE: Mary WardBBC1 tx 29/12/1997on-screen participant
THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: Gary OldmanITV tx 15/3/1998interviewee
FILM EDUCATION: TV43, But Is It Any Good?: Evaluating Film26/11/1998on-screen participant
LE CINÉMA BRITANNIQUE AUJOURD'HUI: La Tradition des francs-tireursArté (France) tx 26/4/1999interviewee
HOWARD HAWKS AMERICAN ARTISTBBC2 tx 1/3/1997narrator
BIG SHOTSChannel 4 tx 27/10/2001on-screen participant
OMNIBUS: Robert Altman in EnglandBBC2 tx 2/2/2002on-screen participant
WORLD'S BEST FILMS, THE TOP TENBBC Four tx 26/8/2002on-screen participant
BRITISH CINEMA, THE END OF THE AFFAIR?BBC Four tx 24/9/2002on-screen participant
NFT @ 50 FIFTY YEARS OF THE NATIONAL FILM THEATREBBC Four tx 3/11/2002interviewee
FAME SET & MATCH: BEYOND THE FRINGEBBC2 tx 23/11/2002on-screen participant
FOREVER EALINGTCM (US) tx 5/12/2002; Channel 4 tx 30/12/2002interviewee
100 GREATEST MOVIE STARSChannel 4 tx 4 & 5/5/2003 (2 pts)on-screen participant
THIS WEEKBBC1 tx 26/6/2003guest
THE DEALChannel 4 tx 28/9/2003director
CAST & CREW: MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTEBBC Four tx 13/1/2004on-screen participant
CAST & CREW: IF....BBC Four tx 12/6/2004on-screen participant
ARTWORKS SCOTLAND: Lindsay AndersonBBC2 (Scotland) tx 22/8/2004interviewee
ARTWORKS SCOTLAND: Michael PowellBBC2 (Scotland) tx 14/8/2005interviewee
DRAMA DOCUMENTARY, IMAGINING THE TRUTHBBC Four tx 28/11/2005on-screen participant
THE UNKNOWN HANCOCKBBC2 tx 26/12/2005on-screen participant
CHANNEL 4 AT TWENTY-FIVEChannel 4 tx 30/9/2007interviewee
NORMAN WISDOM: HIS STORYBBC2 tx 15/10/2010interviewee
 
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ACCESS 'WEDDING'1974director
PONY 'LADIES FOOTBALL CLUB'1975director
HARP LAGER 'TIMBER HARVESTING'1978director
WHITBREAD TROPHY 'THEORY'1978director
WHITBREAD TROPHY 'SHAKESPEARE'1978director
WHITBREAD TROPHY 'SHAKESPEARE' 'A'1978director
WHITBREAD TROPHY 'SHAKESPEARE' 'B'1978director
WHITBREAD TROPHY 'ONLY JUST'1978director