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Stephen Frears honoured with Gregory Peck Award
Oscar nominated director Stephen Frears was the recipient of this year’s Dingle Film Festival The Gregory Peck Award: For Excellence in the Art of Film.
The director’s films include The Queen, Mrs Henderson Presents, High Fidelity, The Van and My Beautiful Launderette. He has also won a BAFTA for Dangerous Liaisons and his TV adaptation of The Snapper.
Stephen Frears collected the award in Dingle on Saturday 20th March at a special ceremony at Dingle’s Phoenix Cinema. Gabriel Byrne and Jim Sheridan are previous recipients of the Gregory Peck Award, which recognises special achievements in filmmaking and was established in conjunction with Gregory Peck’s family.
Stephen Frears is one of the UK’s most distinctive and provocative directors. He began his career in television directing plays by Alan Bennett and Tom Stoppard, and his film breakthrough came with the low budget hit My Beautiful Launderette. From here he made his Hollywood debut with Dangerous Liaisons which received six Oscar nominations, followed by The Grifters which was produced by Martin Scorsese and gained Frears a best director Oscar nomination. He went on to direct John Cusack and Jack Black in High Fidelity, and Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins in Mrs Henderson Presents. The Queen with Helen Mirren earned him another Oscar nomination, was awarded a best film BAFTA and gained Helen Mirren an Oscar. Last year Frears directed Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend in Cheri, and his latest film Tamara Drewe is due for release soon.
The Dingle Film Festival ran from 18th to 21st March 2010 throughout venues on the scenic Dingle Peninsula.
