What is Stephen Frears?
[[Image:Stephen Frears OIFF 2014-07-12 113913 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Frears at the 12 July 2014 [[Odesa International Film Festival]]]] '''Stephen Arthur Frears''' (born 20 June 1941) is an [[English people|English]] movie and television director. He was born in [[Leicester]], England. Frears has directed numerous movies since the 1980s including ''[[My Beautiful Laundrette]]'', ''[[Dangerous Liaisons]]'', ''[[High Fidelity (movie)|High Fidelity]]'', ''[[The Queen (2006 movie)|The Queen]]'', ''[[Philomena]]'', and ''[[Florence Foster Jenkins (movie)|Florence Foster Jenkins]]''. He has been nominated for two [[Academy Award for Best Director|Academy Awards for Best Director]]: for ''[[The Grifters (movie)|The Grifters]]'' and ''The Queen''. In 2008 ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' named him among the 100 most influential people in [[Culture of the United Kingdom|British culture]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The 100 most powerful people in British culture: 61-80|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3672619/The-100-most-powerful-people-in-British-culture-62-80.html|work=The Telegraph|date=18 March 2016}}</ref> He is fan of ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' and ''[[Howards' Way]]''. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{IMDb name|1241}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frears, Stephen}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English movie directors]] [[Category:English television directors]] [[Category:People from Leicester]] {{bio-stub}}