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| Stephen
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| Director |
| 1941 - |
| Born June 20,
Leicester, England |
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Production Countries: UK, USA |
| Key Genres:
Comedy Drama, Drama, Urban Drama,
Comedy of Manners |
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Collaborators: Mick
Audsley (Editor), Oliver Stapleton (Cinematographer), Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
(Production Designer), Tim Bevan (Producer), George Fenton (Composer), John Cusack
(Leading Player), Sarah Radclyffe (Producer), Martin
Scorsese (Producer), Norma Heyman (Producer), Hanif Kureishi (Screenwriter) |
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Highly Recommended: The
Grifters (1990), High Fidelity (2000) |
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Recommended: A Day Out [TV] (1972), Dangerous
Liaisons (1988), The Queen (2006) |
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a Look: Gumshoe (1972), The Hit (1984), My Beautiful Laundrette
(1985), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Hero (1992), The Hi-Lo Country (1998) |
| Links:
[
IMDB ] [ All-Movie
Guide ] [
Film Reference ]
[ IndieWIRE
Interview #1 ] [ IndieWIRE
Interview #2 ] [
Movie City
News Interview (2003) ] [
Telegraph Article: Filmmakers on Film ] [
Filmbug Biography ] |
| Books:
[
Stephen
Frears ] |
| DVD's:
[ Amazon
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1,000 Greatest Films:
Dangerous Liaisons (1988) |
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21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films:
High Fidelity (2000), Dirty Pretty Things
(2002), The Queen (2006) |
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"The
films of Stephen Frears are brilliant studies of modern Britain.
With the exception of Dangerous Liaisons (1988), the best
screen version of Choderlos de Laclo's 1782 novel, he has been
happiest on home ground." -
Ronald Bergan (Film - Eyewitness Companions, 2006) |
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"A significant
figure in British cinema, within the last decade or so Stephen
Frears has directed such landmark American films as The
Grifters (1990) and The Hi-Lo Country (1998). His
range is remarkable, taking in 1980s social realism, biography,
comedy, and historical drama within the mediums of film,
television and theatre. Frears is often described as a 'writer's
director' and has enjoyed long and fruitful working partnerships
with a range of quality writers." -
Samanth Lay (Contemporary North American Film Directors, 2002) |
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"British
director who, after being near the forefront of several 'new
waves' in British cinema, has unexpectedly carved himself an
international career in the past ten years. Although his output
has been uneven, it has also proved extraordinarily wide-ranging
while rarely failing to highlight his ability to obtain
crowd-pleasing performances from his principal players." - David
Quinlan (Quinlan's Film Directors, 1999) |
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