Stephen Frears lies securely in the halls of cinema greatness. In addition to two Oscar nominations for Best Director for The Grifters (1991) and The Queen (2006), Frears’ works have been nominated for and won dozens of Academy and BAFTA awards through the years. Born in Leicester, England, Frears began his career in law before shifting to theater and climbing the ranks of London’s Royal Court as assistant stage manager. Shifting once again, Frears began working as assistant director under Karel Reisz (The French Lieutenant’s Woman) and Lindsay Anderson (If….). He finally breached the world of feature direction with his debut noir-tribute Gumshoe in 1971, and joined the ranks of greatness after 12 years of television work with his LGBTQ+ classic My Beautiful Laundrette in 1985, simultaneously launching the career of current undisputed silver-screen heavy-weight Daniel Day Lewis.
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