Stephen Frears

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Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is an English film and television producer.

Frears has produced many films since the 1980s, including My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons, High Fidelity, The Queen, Philomena, and Florence Foster Jenkins.

For The Grifters and The Queen, he has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Director: The Grifters and The Queen.

In 2008, the Daily Telegraph named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in British culture.

Early life and education

Frears was born in Leicester, England, on June 20th, 1941. Ruth M. (née Danziger) was a social worker and his father, Russell E. Frears, was a general practitioner and accountant. Frears was brought up Anglican but was unaware that his mother was Jewish until he was in his late 20s.

Frears was educated at Gresham's School, a boarding independent school for boys (now co-educational) in Norfolk's market town of Holt from 1954 to 1959. Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained a BA degree.

Personal life

Frears married Mary-Kay Wilmers, with whom he had two sons, Sam and Will Frears (a stage and film producer). Frears left Wilmers while pregnant with their second son Will. They lived on Gloucester Crescent in Camden Town. In the early 1970s, the two people divorced. Nina Stibbe, Wilmers' live-in nanny, wrote letters home describing the North London literati life; these were compiled and published and developed into a 2016 TV series Love, Nina.

Frears hosted a program starring the band the Scaffold ("Mr Frears had sticky ears") in their hit song "Lily the Pink" early in his career ("Mr Frears had sticky-out ears."

Frears lived in London with Anne Rothenstein and their two children as of 2002.

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Career

Frears, a student at the University of Cambridge, was assistant stage manager for the 1963 Footlights Revue, which starred Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Bill Oddie, and David Hatch. Frears worked as an assistant director on the films Morgan – A Suitable Case for Therapy (1966) and if (1968). He spent the majority of his early directing career in television, mainly for the BBC but also for the commercial industry.

Frears appeared in several anthology films, including the BBC's Play for Today. He produced a sequence of Alan Bennett's plays for LWT, assassinating in the gallery on The Old Crowd, while Lindsay Anderson worked with the actors.

Frears came to international prominence in the late 1980s as a producer of feature films. Gumshoe (1971), the noir detective spoof Gumshoe (1971), was his debut film directorial debut. Frears won acclaim for My Beautiful Laundrette in 1985. The film, which is based on a Hanif Kureishi screenplay and shot on 16mm film, was released theatrically to high critical acclaim. It was nominated for the BAFTA Award by the Academy Award and two others. Both Frears and actor Daniel Day Lewis' career were launched as a result of the film's success.

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door, a 45-minute program starring Peter Cook, appeared on Channel Four in 1988, Frears appeared with Adrian Edmondson. Frears also produced a Comic Strip parody of Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca in 1985. Prick Up Your Ears (1987), a playwright Alan Bennett's contribution, was directed by Frears next. Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) was his second film to be adapted from a Kureish screenplay.

Frears directed Dangerous Liaisons to widespread critical acclaim in 1988. The film was shot in France and starred Americans Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Uma Thurman. Christopher Hampton's book based on a late 18th-century French novel of romantic game playing and adapted by him. Michelle Pfeiffer's Best Picture and Best Actress nominations were among the Academy Award winners for Glenn Close and Best Supporting Actress for Michelle Pfeiffer's. Frears for Best Direction also received ten British Academy Film Award nominations, including Frears for Best Direction.

Frears produced The Grifters, a neo-noir crime drama starring John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, and Anette Bening. Martin Scorsese appeared on the film as a producer. The film received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and was named as one of the Top ten films of 1990 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Frears was also nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best Direction, earning him his first Academy Award nomination for best direction.

Frears directed Hero, a comedy drama that was released in the United Kingdom as Accidental Hero in 1992. Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia, and Joan Cusack appeared in the film. Many commentators compared the film to those of Preston Sturges and Frank Capra, including Roger Ebert who wrote, "It [the film] has all the ingredients for a fantastic experience, but it lingers over the particulars that belong to a different sort of film." It comes from the 1940s' rat-a-tat Preston Sturges comedies. Although the film received generally favorable critical feedback, it was not a box office success. Columbia Pictures earned $25.6 million.

Frears has also produced two films based on Roddy Doyle's books, The Snapper (1993) and The Van (1996). The horror film Mary Reilly and the Western The Hi-Lo Country (1998) were two of Frears' other films.

Frears produced High Fidelity, starring John Cusack, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, and Joan Cusack. The film is based on Nick Hornby's 1995 British novel of the same name, but the scene has changed from London to Chicago, and the lead character's name has changed. Hornby expressed his delight with Cusack's appearance, saying that "at times, it seems to be a film in which John Cusack reads my book." Rotten Tomatoes received critical feedback from critics and received a "Certified Fresh" score of 91%, based on 165 ratings, with an average score of 7.7/10. "The deft hand of filmmaker Stephen Frears and solid performances by the ensemble cast all add up to make an amusing tale with a rock-solid soundtrack," the discussion goes.

Frears produced Dirty Pretty Things, a documentary about two immigrant families in London in 2002. Audrey Tautou and Chiwetel Ejiofor were the protagonists of the film. The film received a slew of accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Best Independent British Film Award in 2003. Chiwetel Ejiofor, a young actor, received the British Independent Film Award for Best Actor in 2003.

Frears was hired by James Bond to direct the James Bond spin-off Jinx, starring Halle Berry from Die Another Day (2002) co-starring Michael Madsen and Javier Bardem. The screenplay's Neal Purvis and Robert Wade had been scheduled to write it, and Wade referred to it as "a very atmospheric, Euro thriller, a Bourne-type film." It was described by producer Barbara Broccoli as the start of a "Winter Olympics"-style alternative to traditional Bond films. However, the project was postponed due to "creative inconsistencies" between Eon Productions and MGM, allowing us to concentrate on the relaunch of Casino Royale (2006).

Frears returned to television in 2003 with The Deal, which depicts an alleged bargain between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown over which one of them should be the Labour Party's leader. Tony Blair was portrayed with acclaim by Michael Sheen. Frears produced Mrs Henderson Presents, starring Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins, a British theatre comedy. Dench and Hoskins' performance were lauded, with Dench and Hoskins receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

The Queen (2006), Frears' next film project, a film that depicts Princess Diana's death on 31 August 1997 and its reaction from the Monarchy and the public. Mirren received Best Actress and Best Screenplay at the Venice Film Festival, while Peter Morgan received Best Screenplay and Best Screenplay. Frears was nominated for the Golden Lion by the University of Frears. The film, when it was released nationally in the United States, received acclaim, box-office success, and awards. Frears himself received his second Academy Award nomination for best direction, and actress Helen Mirren received numerous accolades for her performance, including the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Frears teaches at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, where he teaches.

Frears directed Philomena (2013), based on journalist Martin Sixsmith's 2009 book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, based on Philomena Lee's 50-year quest for her forcibly adopted son and Sixsmith's efforts to assist her in finding him. Judi Dench and Steve Coogan appeared in the film. The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival to brisk praise, and writers Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan received the best screenplay award for the film. At the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, the film received the People's Choice Award Runner-Up Prize. At the 86th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress (for Dench), and Best Original Score were all nominated for four Oscars. It was also nominated for four British Academy Film Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. In the same year, HBO produced his television drama Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, starring Christopher Plummer and Frank Langella, depicting the Supreme Court's deliberation over banning Muhammad Ali from boxing for refusing to serve in the US Army during the Vietnam War.

Lance Armstrong's biopic of disgraced cycling champion Lance Armstrong, The Program, starring Ben Foster, premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Many of Frears' films are based on lives of people, but he has never tried to meet any of his subjects. In 2008, National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C1316/07) with Stephen Frears. The English Stage Company collection of the British Library's collection "The Legacy of the English Stage Company" collection was published in The Legacy of the English Stage Company collection.

Despite her poor singing skills, Frears directed Florence Foster Jenkins, starring Meryl Steedp, as the title character. Hugh Grant, her manager and long-time pal, St. Clair Bayfield, is a long-time Bayfield. Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, and Nina Arianda are among the cast members. Many people lauded St. and Grant for their performances, making the film a critical and commercial success. It was nominated for Best Costume Design at the 89th Academy Awards, earning Steffiep her 20th nomination for Best Actress. It has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture in a Comedy or Musical. Frears reunited with Judi Dench, this time in Victoria & Abdul, to discuss Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her Indian Muslim servant Abdul Karim. Ali Fazal, Michael Gambon, Eddie Izzard, Tim Pizzard, Tim Pizzard (in his last film role), and Adeel Akhtar appear in the film. The film made its world premiere at the 74th Venice Film Festival and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on September 15th. It has earned more than $65 million globally.

Frears returned to A Very English Scandal, a limited series that premiered on BBC One and later on Amazon Prime. The initiative is based on John Preston's 2016 book of the same name. It's a dramatization of the 1976--1979 Jeremy Thorpe affair and more than 15 years of events leading up to it. Hugh Grant plays Jeremy Thorpe and Norman Scott as Norman Scott in the series. Both the United Kingdom and the United States received acclaim for the limited series. The Rotten Tomatoes series has an approval rating of 97% based on 64 reviews, with an average rating of 9.05/10. "Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw impress in A Very English Scandal, an equally absorbing and appalling glimpse at British politics and society," Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus reads. While Whishaw received an Emmy Award, Screen Actor Guild Award, Golden Globe Award, British Academy Television Award, and Critics Choice Award nominations for his work, Grant earned a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as a BAFTA Fellowship.

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