Steve McQueen
British film director and video artist
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| 2024 | Directed the World War II drama 'Blitz'. |
| 2024 | McQueen was awarded the Rolf Schock Prize. |
| 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. |
| October 2024 | Received an honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam, jointly awarded with his spouse Bianca Stigter for bringing significant social and historical themes to a broad audience. |
| 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. |
| 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'. |
| 2022 | Steve McQueen received his knighthood at Windsor Castle in March 2022. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 2014 | Steve McQueen won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama for his film 12 Years a Slave. |
| 2014 | For 12 Years a Slave, McQueen also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film. |
| 2014 | He was included in Time magazine's annual Time 100 list of the 'most influential people in the world.' |
| 2014 | In an interview, McQueen revealed his challenging school experiences, discussing institutional racism and his personal struggles with dyslexia and wearing an eyepatch for a lazy eye during his early education. |
| 2013 | Steve McQueen directed the film '12 Years a Slave'. |
| 2013 | McQueen won the Academy Award for Best Picture for directing the historical drama 12 Years a Slave. |
| 2011 | Steve McQueen was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to the visual arts. |
| 2011 | McQueen's second major theatrical film, Shame, was released and premiered at the Venice Film Festival, receiving critical acclaim. |
| 2011 | He directed the erotic psychosexual drama Shame, which explored the theme of sex addiction. |
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