Stephen Frears
Candidato all’Oscar nel 1990 per il film Rischiose abitudini,
il rinomato regista britannico Stephen Frears debutta nel cinema nel 1972 con il film Gumshoe,
interpretato da Albert Finney. Prima di dedicarsi al mondo dello spettacolo Frears ha
studiato legge a Cambridge, nella sua natia Inghilterra. Ma in seguito è entrato a far
parte del Royal Court Theatre di Londra, dove ha lavorato come assistente alla regia per
Lindsay Anderson e Albert Finney. Nel cinema invece comincia a lavorare come aiuto regista
di Karel Reisz. Ha diretto film come Le relazioni pericolose, candidato a ben sei
premi Oscar, The Hi-Lo Country, con Woody Harrelson e Billy Crudup, Eroe per
caso, con Dustin Hoffman e Andy Garcia, The Snapper, adattato dal testo
dell’autore irlandese Roddy Doyle e interpretato da Colm Meany, e infine Mary Reilly,
con Julia Roberts. Suoi anche My beautiful Launderette e Sammy and
Rosie vanno a letto, entrambi prodotti da Tim Bevan.
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Per il tributo a Stephen Frears vengono
proiettati:
ACCIDENTAL HERO
MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE
THE HI-LO COUNTRY |
FILMOGRAFIA
Filmography
1972
Gumshoe
1975
Three Men in a Boat (TV)
Sunset across the Bay (TV)
1976
Last Summer (TV)
1978
Me! I’m Afraid of Virginia
Woolf (TV)
Doris and Doreen (TV)
1979
One Fine Day (TV)
Afternoon Off (TV)
Bloody Kids (TV)
A Visit from Miss Protheroe (TV)
1982
The Comic Strip Present (TV)
1983
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1984
The Hit
1985
My Beautiful Laundrette
1986
Walter and June
1987
Prick Up Your Ears
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1988
Dangerous Liaisons
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1990
The Grifters
1992
Hero
1993
The Snapper (TV)
1994
A Personal History of British
Cinema by Stephen Frears (TV)
1996
The Van
Mary Reilly
1998
The Hi-Lo Country
2000
High Fidelity
Fail Safe
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Nominated
for an Academy Award for The Grifters in 1990, renowned director Stephen Frears
began his feature film career in 1972 with Gumshoe starring Albert Finney. A native
of England, Frears studied law at Cambridge University before turning to the arts and
became involved with London's Royal Court Theater. While there he served as assistant
director to Lindsay Anderson and Albert Finney. He began working in the film industry as
an assistant director to Karel Reisz.
Frears' diverse work include such films as Dangerous Liaisons, which earned six
Academy Award nominations, The Hi-Lo Country, starring Woody Harrelson and Billy
Crudup, Hero, starring Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia, The Snapper, starring
Colm Meany and adapted from the work of Irish writer Roddy Doyle, and Mary Reilly,
starring Julia Roberts. Among his other film credits are two produced by Tim Bevan, My
Beautiful Launderette and Sammy and Rosie Get Laid. |
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