Stephen Frears: Quick Facts

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Born	June 20, 1941 (age 85) • Leicester • England
Notable Works	“A Very English Scandal” • “Dangerous Liaisons” • “Florence Foster Jenkins” • “Lay the Favorite” • “Mary Reilly” • “Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight” • “My Beautiful Laundrette” • “Philomena” • “Prick Up Your Ears” • “Quiz” • “The Queen” • “The Snapper” • “The Van” • “Victoria and Abdul”

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Michelle Pfeiffer and John Malkovich in period costume embrace closely in a scene from the film Dangerous Liaisons, with a harpsichord in the background.

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Joy Batchelor

British director and animator

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Roy Ward Baker

British director

Schlesinger, John

John Schlesinger

English film director

Emerald Fennell smiling in front of a blue background with string lights, wearing a black top and a gold necklace with a star pendant.

Emerald Fennell

English actress, director, and writer

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet

English actress

Mary Poppins

Robert Stevenson

British-born American director

Portrait of Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins looking directly at the camera, wearing a dark jacket with a short beard and closely cropped hair.

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor

Stephen Fry smiling at an event, wearing a blue jacket, burgundy sweater, plaid shirt, and yellow polka dot tie, with a National Geographic backdrop behind him.

Stephen Fry

British actor, writer, and director

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall, wearing a black cap and dark fur-trimmed cloak, standing against a plain background.

Mark Rylance

British actor and director

Humphrey Bogart as Roy Earle stands facing Ida Lupino as Marie, who sits on a chair holding a newspaper with a dog beside her, in a scene from High Sierra (1941).

Ida Lupino

American actress, director, and screenwriter

Alex Garland

Alex Garland

British novelist, screenwriter, and director

Ben Elton

Ben Elton

British actor, writer, and comedian

Sacha Baron Cohen smiles and holds up two MTV Movie Awards trophies in front of a backdrop with MTV and Movie Awards logos at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards.

Sacha Baron Cohen

British actor and comedian

John Boorman

John Boorman

British film director

Stephen Daldry smiles while posing for a portrait against a plain dark background, wearing a denim jacket over a light sweater.

Stephen Daldry

English film and theater director

Kenneth Branagh wearing a white shirt and dark jacket, posing against a blue background.

Kenneth Branagh

British actor, director, and writer

Ridley Scott stands in front of a dark, sculpted alien creature backdrop at the Alien: Covenant world premiere in London.

Ridley Scott

British director and producer

Alan Rickman wearing a dark suit and white shirt, smiling slightly while posing at an event in 2011.

Alan Rickman

British actor and director

Danny Boyle smiling in front of a blue background, wearing glasses, a green sweater, and a black collared shirt.

Danny Boyle

British filmmaker

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Ken Loach

British director