Steve McQueen
British film director and video artist
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2024 | McQueen was awarded the Rolf Schock Prize. |
2024 | McQueen was awarded the Rolf Schock Prize. |
November 22 2024 | Scheduled streaming release of Blitz on Apple TV+. |
November 22 2024 | Scheduled streaming release of Blitz on Apple TV+. |
November 1 2024 | Scheduled release of Blitz in select cinemas in the United Kingdom and United States. |
November 1 2024 | Scheduled release of Blitz in select cinemas in the United Kingdom and United States. |
October 22 2024 | Screening of Blitz at the Chicago International Film Festival. |
October 22 2024 | Screening of Blitz at the Chicago International Film Festival. |
October 9 2024 | World premiere of Blitz, a film written, directed, and produced by McQueen, as the opening film of the BFI London Film Festival. |
October 9 2024 | World premiere of Blitz, a film written, directed, and produced by McQueen, as the opening film of the BFI London Film Festival. |
2023 | McQueen directed the documentary film Occupied City. |
2023 | Premiered the documentary Occupied City at the Cannes Film Festival, focusing on the occupation of Amsterdam during WWII. |
2023 | McQueen directed the short film 'Grenfell'. |
2023 | McQueen directed the short film 'Grenfell'. |
2023 | Premiered the documentary Occupied City at the Cannes Film Festival, focusing on the occupation of Amsterdam during WWII. |
2023 | McQueen directed the documentary film Occupied City. |
2022 | Steve McQueen received his knighthood at Windsor Castle in March 2022. |
2022 | Steve McQueen received his knighthood at Windsor Castle in March 2022. |
2021 | He directed the BBC documentary series Uprising. |
2021 | He directed the BBC documentary series Uprising. |
2020 | McQueen was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to art and film. |
2020 | The films Mangrove and Lovers Rock from the Small Axe anthology were selected for the Cannes Film Festival, which was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
2020 | Lovers Rock was recognized as the top-ranked film in Sight and Sound's best films of 2020. |
2020 | Steve McQueen was knighted in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to film. |
2020 | Steve McQueen was knighted in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to film. |
2020 | The films Mangrove and Lovers Rock from the Small Axe anthology were selected for the Cannes Film Festival, which was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
2020 | Lovers Rock was recognized as the top-ranked film in Sight and Sound's best films of 2020. |
2020 | McQueen was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to art and film. |
November 2020 | Release of the anthology series Small Axe on BBC One and Amazon Prime Video, premiering weekly. |
November 2020 | Release of the anthology series Small Axe on BBC One and Amazon Prime Video, premiering weekly. |
October 2020 | In October 2020, McQueen stated that he experienced racism 'every day' and voiced his support for the George Floyd protests. |
October 2020 | In October 2020, McQueen stated that he experienced racism 'every day' and voiced his support for the George Floyd protests. |
June 2020 | In June 2020, McQueen accused the UK film and television industry of racism and lack of diversity in an op-ed for the Guardian, expressing concern over the racial makeup of a TV-film set he visited. |
June 2020 | In June 2020, McQueen accused the UK film and television industry of racism and lack of diversity in an op-ed for the Guardian, expressing concern over the racial makeup of a TV-film set he visited. |
2019 | Announcement of Small Axe, an anthology series of five films created and directed by McQueen, set within London's West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early '80s. |
2019 | Announcement of Small Axe, an anthology series of five films created and directed by McQueen, set within London's West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early '80s. |
2018 | He directed the contemporary crime thriller Widows. |
2018 | He directed the contemporary crime thriller Widows. |
2016 | He was honoured with the BFI Fellowship. |
2016 | McQueen was awarded the Award for Cinematic Production by the Royal Photographic Society. |
2016 | Steve McQueen received the Cologne Film Prize in honor of his life's work. |
2016 | McQueen was awarded the Award for Cinematic Production by the Royal Photographic Society. |
2016 | Steve McQueen received the Cologne Film Prize in honor of his life's work. |
2016 | He was honoured with the BFI Fellowship. |
July 2015 | The video for Kanye West's 'All Day' received its American premiere at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. |
July 2015 | The video for Kanye West's 'All Day' received its American premiere at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. |
March 7 2015 | Steve McQueen shot the video for Kanye West's single 'All Day', which premiered in Paris before the American artist's concert residency. |
March 7 2015 | Steve McQueen shot the video for Kanye West's single 'All Day', which premiered in Paris before the American artist's concert residency. |
2014 | Steve McQueen criticized the film industry for ignoring American slavery and the Atlantic slave trade, highlighting the disparity in film representation between World War II and slavery. |
2014 | 12 Years a Slave became the first Best Picture winner to have a black director or producer. |
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