Stephen Frears Net Worth

Stephen Frears's Quotes

• A friend asked me why I thought I'd been able to direct films for 30 years and I really didn't have an answer. It is a very difficult industry and grinds up talent unmercifully.
• There's one thing now that I experience every day when I'm making a film. I get up and think to myself, am I going to be able to do it today? I figure as long as I have that fear, I'll be alright.
• I like a lot of takes. I just go on until the actors get it right.
• Isn't that what Joan Collins' success is based on? People love bitches. The more dreadful they are, the more awful things they say, the more heavenly they are.
• I can't write, I don't think I'm even particularly good at telling a writer what's good or what's missing. So, actually having someone who can do that is a godsend.

Interesting Facts about Stephen Frears

1. One of his uncles was a baker in Leicester, while another was head of Frears Biscuits, a nationally-known brand until the company was taken over.
2. He was hired to direct the canceled film "Jinx", the spin-off of Halle Berry's character from Die Another Day (2002).
3. Father of actor Sam Frears and stage director Will Frears from his first marriage, and Frankie Frears and Lola Frears from his second.
4. Won the The Empire Inspiration Award at the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards 2006
5. Has directed seven Oscar nominated performances: Glenn Close, Michelle Pfeiffer, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench and Meryl Streep. Mirren won for The Queen (2006).
6. Studied Law at Cambridge University.
7. Was an assistant to director Lindsay Anderson and actor Albert Finney at London's Royal Court Theatre.
8. Holds the "David Lean Chair in Fiction Direction" from the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England.
9. President of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 60th Cannes International Film Festival in 2007.
10. Ranked #63 on the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".
11. He's a fan of Breaking Bad (2008).
12. Directed three Oscar Best Picture nominees: Dangerous Liaisons (1988), The Queen (2006) and Philomena (2013). These movies were also at least nominated for Best Screenplay, and Best Actress for Glenn Close, Helen Mirren (who won) and Judi Dench respectively.
13. Has directed three Emmy Award-winning performances: Ben Whishaw in A Very English Scandal (2018): Season 1, Rosamund Pike in State of the Union (2019): Season 1 and Chris O'Dowd in State of the Union (2019): Season 1.