+ Stephen Frears awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Golden Globe Awards BAFTA Awards Total
Stephen Frears is an English director and producer. He has directed numerous acclaimed feature films since his debut in the early 1980s, such as My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), The Grifters (1990), High Fidelity (2000), The Queen (2006), Philomena (2013), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), and Victoria & Abdul (2017). He has received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director.
Frears is also known for his work on various television programs, including Fail Safe (2000), The Deal (2003), Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013), A Very English Scandal (2018), State of the Union (2019), and Quiz (2020). He has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with one win.
In 2008, The Daily Telegraph named Frears among the 100 most influential people in British culture.
Major Awards Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1990 Best Director The Grifters 2006 The Queen
Primetime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie Fail Safe 2014 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight 2019 A Very English Scandal Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series State of the Union
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2006 Best Director The Queen
British Academy Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1989 Best Director Dangerous Liaisons 2002 Outstanding British Film Dirty Pretty Things 2006 The Queen Best Director 2013 Outstanding British Film Philomena
British Academy Television Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1979 Best Single Play Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf 1982 BBC2 Playhouse: Going Gently 1983 Best Single Drama Walter 1984 Saigon: Year of the Cat 1994 The Snapper 2004 The Deal 2019 Best Miniseries A Very English Scandal Best Direction: Fiction
Other Awards Directors Guild of America Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Outstanding Directing - Miniseries or TV Film Fail Safe 2006 Outstanding Directing - Feature Film The Queen 2014 Outstanding Directing - Miniseries or TV Film Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Independent Spirit Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1987 Best International Film Prick Up Your Ears
César Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1990 Best Foreign Film Dangerous Liaisons 1994 The Snapper 2006 The Queen
British Independent Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2003 Best Director Dirty Pretty Things 2005 Mrs. Henderson Presents 2006 The Queen
Evening Standard Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1986 Best Film My Beautiful Laundrette 2003 Dirty Pretty Things 2007 Special Award
London Film Critics' Circle Year Category Nominated work Result 2006 British Director of the Year Mrs. Henderson Presents 2007 The Queen
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best European Director Florence Foster Jenkins
Festival Awards
Berlin Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1989 Berlinale Camera 1996 Golden Bear Mary Reilly 1999 The Hi-Lo Country Silver Bear for Best Director 2009 Golden Bear Chéri
Cannes Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1987 Palme d'Or Prick Up Your Ears 1996 The Van
Venice Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Golden Lion Liam OCIC Award 2002 Golden Lion Dirty Pretty Things Sergio Trasatti Award 2006 Golden Lion The Queen FIPRESCI Prize 2013 Golden Lion Philomena Golden Mouse Queer Lion Brian Award SIGNIS Award Interfilm Award UNICEF Award Nazzareno Taddei Award Vittorio Veneto Award
Toronto Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 1993 People's Choice Award The Snapper 2013 Philomena
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