Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears
Stephen Arthur Frearsis an English film director. Frears has directed British films since the 1980s including My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons, High Fidelity, The Queen and Philomena...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth20 June 1941
bbc developing good grew
I never thought I was very good at developing material. I grew up at the BBC where they sent you scripts.
source strength
I've always found poverty a source of strength.
invite people
I have people around me. I have a semi-permanent crew. If I make a film, they just turn up. They don't even invite themselves. They don't ask if they can come - they just turn up!