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Stephen Frears
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Academy Awards, USA (2)
Amiens International Film Festival (1)
Berlin International Film Festival (5)
Bodil Awards (2)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (1)
BAFTA Awards (13)
British Independent Film Awards (3)
Critics Choice Awards (1)
Cannes Film Festival (2)
César Awards, France (3)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Chicago International Film Festival (3)
Cinequest San Jose Film Festival (1)
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (2)
David di Donatello Awards (3)
Directors Guild of America, USA (3)
Directors Guild of Great Britain (1)
Primetime Emmy Awards (4)
European Film Awards (5)
Evening Standard British Film Awards (3)
Hamburg Film Festival (1)
Fotogramas de Plata (1)
Golden Globes, USA (1)
Satellite Awards (1)
Goya Awards (2)
Guild of German Art House Cinemas (1)
Hamptons International Film Festival (1)
Hawaii International Film Festival (1)
Hollywood Film Awards (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (3)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (1)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (2)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Moscow International Film Festival (1)
Mystfest (1)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (1)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (1)
Palm Springs International Film Festival (1)
Razzie Awards (1)
Danish Film Awards (Robert) (2)
Royal Television Society, UK (2)
SACD Awards (1)
San Sebastián International Film Festival (1)
Stockholm Film Festival (1)
Taormina International Film Festival (1)
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Toronto International Film Festival (2)
Valladolid International Film Festival (4)
Venice Film Festival (16)
Empire Awards, UK (1)
Western Heritage Awards (1)
BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards (1)
Sarajevo Film Festival (1)
Polish Film Awards (2)
Bangkok International Film Festival (1)
Sant Jordi Awards (2)
Film by the Sea International Film Festival (1)
Virginia Film Festival (1)
Capri, Hollywood (1)
Boulder International Film Festival (1)
Transilvania International Film Festival (1)
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards (1)
Zurich Film Festival (1)
Golden Eagle Awards, Russia (1)
Mill Valley Film Festival (1)
Cinema for Peace Awards (1)
Telluride Film Festival (1)
Televisual Bulldog Awards, UK (1)
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US (1)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (2)
New York Film Critics, Online (1)
Broadcast Awards, UK (1)
Jupiter Award (1)
Abu Dhabi Film Festival (1)
Bafta TV Craft (1)
Lisbon Film Festival (LEFFEST) (1)
SESC Film Festival, Brazil (1)
Online Film & Television Association (2)
Heartland Film (1)
Seville European Film Festival (1)
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2)
South Bank Sky Arts Awards (1)
Middleburg Film Festival (1)
ASECAN (1)
Dingle International Film Festival (1)
78 wins & 78 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2007 Nominee
Oscar
Best Achievement in Directing
The Queen
1991 Nominee
Oscar
Best Director
The Grifters
Amiens International Film Festival
2010 Winner
Golden Unicorn for Career Achievement
Berlin International Film Festival
2009 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
Chéri
1999 Winner
Silver Berlin Bear
Best Director
The Hi-Lo Country
1999 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
The Hi-Lo Country
1996 Nominee
Golden Berlin Bear
Mary Reilly
1989 Winner
Berlinale Camera
Bodil Awards
2007 Nominee
Bodil
Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
The Queen
UK.
1990 Winner
Bodil
Best Non-European Film (Bedste ikke-europæiske film)
Dangerous Liaisons
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1989 Winner
BSFC Award
Best Director
Dangerous Liaisons
BAFTA Awards
2019 Nominee
BAFTA TV Award
Best Mini-Series
A Very English Scandal
Shared with:
Russell T. Davies
·
Dominic Treadwell-Collins
·
Dan Winch
2019 Winner
BAFTA TV Award
Best Director: Fiction
A Very English Scandal
2014 Nominee
Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
Philomena
Shared with:
Gabrielle Tana
·
Steve Coogan
·
Tracey Seaward
·
Jeff Pope
2007 Nominee
Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
The Queen
Shared with:
Tracey Seaward
·
Christine Langan
·
Andy Harries
·
Peter Morgan
2007 Nominee
David Lean Award for Direction
The Queen
8 more
All
British Independent Film Awards
2006 Nominee
British Independent Film Award
Best Director
The Queen
2005 Nominee
British Independent Film Award
Best Director
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2003 Winner
British Independent Film Award
Best Director
Dirty Pretty Things
Critics Choice Awards
2007 Nominee
Critics Choice Award
Best Director
The Queen
Cannes Film Festival
1996 Nominee
Palme d'Or
The Van
1987 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Prick Up Your Ears
César Awards, France
2007 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
The Queen
1994 Nominee
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
The Snapper
1990 Winner
César
Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
Dangerous Liaisons
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Nominee
CFCA Award
Best Director
The Queen
Chicago International Film Festival
2013 Nominee
Audience Choice Award
Philomena
2006 Winner
Audience Choice Award
The Queen
2006 Winner
Career Achievement Award
Cinequest San Jose Film Festival
2003 Winner
Maverick Tribute Award
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Nominee
DFWFCA Award
Best Director
The Queen
1991 Nominee
DFWFCA Award
Best Director
The Grifters
David di Donatello Awards
2014 Winner
David
Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)
Philomena
2007 Nominee
David
Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)
The Queen
2006 Nominee
David
Best European Film (Miglior Film dell'Unione Europea)
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Directors Guild of America, USA
2014 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2007 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
The Queen
2001 Nominee
DGA Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television
Fail Safe
Shared with:
Martin Pasetta
Directors Guild of Great Britain
2004 Nominee
DGGB Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Movie/Serial
The Deal
Primetime Emmy Awards
2019 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special
A Very English Scandal
2019 Winner
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
State of the Union
Shared with:
Nick Hornby
·
Jamie Laurenson
·
Hakan Kousetta
·
Iain Canning
·
Emile Sherman
2014 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2000 Nominee
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Fail Safe
Shared with:
Martin Pasetta
European Film Awards
2018 Nominee
EFA People's Choice Award
Victoria & Abdul
2014 Nominee
EFA People's Choice Award
Philomena
2011 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
2007 Nominee
European Film Award
European Director
The Queen
2007 Nominee
EFA People's Choice Award
Best European Film
The Queen
Evening Standard British Film Awards
2007 Winner
Special Award
For making British film reverberate around the world.
2003 Winner
Evening Standard British Film Award
Best Film
Dirty Pretty Things
1986 Winner
Evening Standard British Film Award
Best Film
My Beautiful Laundrette
Hamburg Film Festival
1996 Winner
Douglas Sirk Award
Fotogramas de Plata
1990 Winner
Fotogramas de Plata
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Dangerous Liaisons
Golden Globes, USA
2007 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
The Queen
Satellite Awards
2006 Nominee
Satellite Award
Best Director
The Queen
Goya Awards
2007 Winner
Goya
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
The Queen
1995 Winner
Goya
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
The Snapper
UK
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
1990 Winner
Guild Film Award - Gold
Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
Dangerous Liaisons
Hamptons International Film Festival
2013 Winner
Audience Award
Best Narrative Feature
Philomena
Hawaii International Film Festival
2013 Nominee
EuroCinema Hawai'i Award
Best Film
Philomena
Hollywood Film Awards
2005 Winner
Hollywood World Award
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1988 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Foreign Film
Prick Up Your Ears
UK.
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2007 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Europeo)
The Queen
1994 Nominee
European Silver Ribbon
The Snapper
1989 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Dangerous Liaisons
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2007 Winner
ALFS Award
British Director of the Year
The Queen
2006 Nominee
ALFS Award
British Director of the Year
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1986 Nominee
LAFCA Award
Best Foreign Film
My Beautiful Laundrette
Moscow International Film Festival
2016 Winner
Special Prize
For an Outstanding Contribution to the World Cinema
Mystfest
1984 Nominee
Best Film
The Hit
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1991 Nominee
NSFC Award
Best Director
The Grifters
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Nominee
NYFCC Award
Best Director
The Queen
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2016 Winner
Emmy
Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
Night Will Fall
Shared with:
André Singer
·
Sally Angel
·
Brett Ratner
·
Richard Melman
·
Philippa Kowarsky
·
Signe Byrge Sørensen
·
James Packer
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Razzie Awards
1997 Nominee
Razzie Award
Worst Director
Mary Reilly
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
2014 Nominee
Robert
Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
Philomena
2007 Nominee
Robert
Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
The Queen
Royal Television Society, UK
2018 Winner
RTS Craft & Design Award
Best Director - Drama
A Very English Scandal
2018 Winner
RTS Television Award
Director - Drama
A Very English Scandal
SACD Awards
2010 Winner
European Award
San Sebastián International Film Festival
2016 Nominee
Audience Award
City of Donostia Audience Award
Florence Foster Jenkins
Stockholm Film Festival
2015 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Taormina International Film Festival
2000 Winner
Taormina Arte Award
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Winner
TFCA Award
Best Director
The Queen
Toronto International Film Festival
2013 Nominee
People's Choice Award
Philomena
1993 Winner
People's Choice Award
The Snapper
Valladolid International Film Festival
2000 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
Liam
1993 Winner
Silver Spike
The Snapper
1993 Winner
Youth Jury Award - Special Mention
Best Film
The Snapper
1993 Nominee
Golden Spike
Best Film
The Snapper
Venice Film Festival
2017 Winner
Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award
2013 Nominee
Golden Lion
Philomena
2013 Winner
SIGNIS Award
Philomena
2013 Winner
Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award - Cinema for UNICEF
Philomena
2013 Winner
Brian Award
Philomena
11 more
All
Empire Awards, UK
2006 Winner
Inspiration Award
Western Heritage Awards
1999 Winner
Bronze Wrangler
Theatrical Motion Picture
The Hi-Lo Country
Shared with:
Rudd Simmons
·
Martin Scorsese
·
Barbara De Fina
·
Eric Fellner
·
Tim Bevan
·
Walon Green
·
Woody Harrelson
·
Billy Crudup
·
Patricia Arquette
·
Sam Elliott
BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards
2008 Winner
Britannia Award
Artistic Excellence in Directing
Sarajevo Film Festival
2016 Winner
Honorary Heart of Sarajevo
Polish Film Awards
2017 Nominee
Eagle
Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski)
Florence Foster Jenkins
2008 Nominee
Eagle
Best European Film (Najlepszy Film Europejski)
The Queen
Bangkok International Film Festival
2006 Nominee
Golden Kinnaree Award
Best Film
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Sant Jordi Awards
1990 Winner
Sant Jordi
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Dangerous Liaisons
1990 Winner
Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Dangerous Liaisons
Film by the Sea International Film Festival
2014 Nominee
The Pearl
Best Feature Film
Philomena
Virginia Film Festival
2013 Winner
Audience Award
Best Narrative Feature
Philomena
Capri, Hollywood
2016 Winner
Capri European Director Award
Florence Foster Jenkins
Boulder International Film Festival
2023 Winner
BIFF Award
Best Feature Film
The Lost King
Transilvania International Film Festival
2013 Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards
1990 Winner
Honorable Mention
Best Foreign Film
Dangerous Liaisons
Zurich Film Festival
2006 Winner
A Tribute to... Award
Golden Eagle Awards, Russia
2008 Winner
Golden Eagle
Best Foreign Film
The Queen
Mill Valley Film Festival
2013 Winner
Audience Award
World Cinema
Philomena
Cinema for Peace Awards
2014 Nominee
Cinema for Peace Award
Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year
Philomena
Telluride Film Festival
1987 Winner
Silver Medallion Award
Televisual Bulldog Awards, UK
2019 Winner
Televisual Bulldog Award
Best Drama One-Off or Serial
A Very English Scandal
Shared with:
Russell T. Davies
·
Dominic Treadwell-Collins
·
Dan Winch
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
2006 Nominee
SLFCA Award
Best Director
The Queen
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2006 Nominee
EDA Award
Best Picture
The Queen
2006 Nominee
EDA Award
Best Drama by or About Women
The Queen
New York Film Critics, Online
2006 Winner
NYFCO Award
Best Director
The Queen
Broadcast Awards, UK
2019 Winner
Broadcast Award
Best Drama Series or Serial
A Very English Scandal
Shared with:
Russell T. Davies
·
Dominic Treadwell-Collins
·
Dan Winch
Jupiter Award
1990 Nominee
Jupiter Award
Best International Film
Dangerous Liaisons
Abu Dhabi Film Festival
2013 Nominee
Black Pearl Award
Best Narrative Feature
Philomena
Bafta TV Craft
2019 Winner
BAFTA Television Craft Award
Director: Fiction
A Very English Scandal
Lisbon Film Festival (LEFFEST)
2022 Nominee
Best Film Award
Out of Competition
The Lost King
SESC Film Festival, Brazil
1990 Winner
Audience Award
Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
Dangerous Liaisons
Online Film & Television Association
2007 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Director
The Queen
2000 Nominee
OFTA Television Award
Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Fail Safe
Heartland Film
2017 Winner
Truly Moving Picture Award
Victoria & Abdul
Seville European Film Festival
2010 Winner
Audience Award
Tamara Drewe
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2014 Nominee
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Director
Philomena
2007 Nominee
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Director
The Queen
South Bank Sky Arts Awards
2019 Winner
South Bank Sky Arts Award
TV Drama
A Very English Scandal
Shared with:
Russell T. Davies
·
Dominic Treadwell-Collins
·
Dan Winch
Middleburg Film Festival
2013 Winner
Audience Award
Narrative Feature
Philomena
ASECAN
1990 Winner
ASECAN Award
Best Foreign Film
Dangerous Liaisons
Dingle International Film Festival
2010 Winner
Gregory Peck Award: For Excellence in The Art of Film
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