# List of awards and nominations received by Stephen Frears

Stephen Frears is an English director and producer. He has directed numerous acclaimed feature films since his debut in the early 1980s, such as My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Dangerous Liaisons (1988), The Grifters (1990), High Fidelity (2000), The Queen (2006), Philomena (2013), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), and Victoria & Abdul (2017). He has received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Director.
Frears is also known for his work on various television programs, including Fail Safe (2000), The Deal (2003), Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013), A Very English Scandal (2018), State of the Union (2019), and Quiz (2020). He has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with one win.
In 2008, The Daily Telegraph named Frears among the 100 most influential people in British culture.

## Major Awards
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1990 | Best Director | The Grifters | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Best Director | The Queen | Nominated | |

### Primetime Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2000 | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie | Fail Safe | Nominated |
| 2014 | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie | A Very English Scandal | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series | State of the Union | Won |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | Best Director | The Queen | Nominated | |

### British Academy Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1989 | Best Director | Dangerous Liaisons | Nominated |
| 2002 | Outstanding British Film | Dirty Pretty Things | Nominated |
| 2006 | Outstanding British Film | The Queen | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Director | The Queen | Nominated |
| 2013 | Outstanding British Film | Philomena | Nominated |

### British Academy Television Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1979 | Best Single Play | Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Single Play | BBC2 Playhouse: Going Gently | Won |
| 1983 | Best Single Drama | Walter | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Single Drama | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Nominated |
| 1994 | Best Single Drama | The Snapper | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Single Drama | The Deal | Won |
| 2019 | Best Miniseries | A Very English Scandal | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Direction: Fiction | A Very English Scandal | Won |

## Other Awards
### Directors Guild of America Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2000 | Outstanding Directing - Miniseries or TV Film | Fail Safe | Nominated |
| 2006 | Outstanding Directing - Feature Film | The Queen | Nominated |
| 2014 | Outstanding Directing - Miniseries or TV Film | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Nominated |

### Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1987 | Best International Film | Prick Up Your Ears | Nominated | |

### César Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1990 | Best Foreign Film | Dangerous Liaisons | Won |
| 1994 | Best Foreign Film | The Snapper | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Foreign Film | The Queen | Nominated |

### British Independent Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2003 | Best Director | Dirty Pretty Things | Won |
| 2005 | Best Director | Mrs. Henderson Presents | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Director | The Queen | Nominated |

### Evening Standard Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1986 | Best Film | My Beautiful Laundrette | Won |
| 2003 | Best Film | Dirty Pretty Things | Won |
| 2007 | Special Award | — | Won |

### London Film Critics' Circle

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2006 | British Director of the Year | Mrs. Henderson Presents | Nominated | |
| 2007 | British Director of the Year | The Queen | Won | |

### Capri Hollywood International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Best European Director | Florence Foster Jenkins | Won | |

## Festival Awards
### Berlin Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1989 | Berlinale Camera | — | Won |
| 1996 | Golden Bear | Mary Reilly | Nominated |
| 1999 | Golden Bear | The Hi-Lo Country | Nominated |
| 1999 | Silver Bear for Best Director | The Hi-Lo Country | Won |
| 2009 | Golden Bear | Chéri | Nominated |

### Cannes Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1987 | Palme d'Or | Prick Up Your Ears | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Palme d'Or | The Van | Nominated | |

### Venice Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2000 | Golden Lion | Liam | Nominated |
| 2000 | OCIC Award | Liam | Won |
| 2002 | Golden Lion | Dirty Pretty Things | Nominated |
| 2002 | Sergio Trasatti Award | Dirty Pretty Things | Won |
| 2006 | Golden Lion | The Queen | Nominated |
| 2006 | FIPRESCI Prize | The Queen | Won |
| 2013 | Golden Lion | Philomena | Nominated |
| 2013 | Golden Mouse | Philomena | Won |
| 2013 | Queer Lion | Philomena | Won |
| 2013 | Brian Award | Philomena | Won |
| 2013 | SIGNIS Award | Philomena | Won |
| 2013 | Interfilm Award | Philomena | Won |
| 2013 | UNICEF Award | Philomena | Won |
| 2013 | Nazzareno Taddei Award | Philomena | Won |
| 2013 | Vittorio Veneto Award | Philomena | Won |

### Toronto Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1993 | People's Choice Award | The Snapper | Won | |
| 2013 | People's Choice Award | Philomena | Nominated | |