Stephen Frears

Cast · Director · Writer

Born

June 20, 1941 · Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Birth name

Stephen Arthur Frears

Stephen started off in a career in the legal profession before switching to work as an assistant stage manager at London's Royal Court which led to work as an assistant director on films by Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson He directed his first short in 1967 and his feature debut, Gumshoe, in 1971. The next 12 years were spent working in television before returning to film with My Bautiful Laundrette