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Steve McQueen is known for:

  • Shame
    Brandon, a thirty-something man living in New York, eludes intimacy with women but feeds his deepest desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his younger sister temporarily moves into his apartment, stirring up bitter memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's life, like his fragile mind, gets out of control.
  • 12 Years a Slave
    In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
  • Widows
    A police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own terms, they join forces to pull off a heist.

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Biography

Sir Steve Rodney McQueen CBE (born 9 October 1969) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter, and video artist. He has received an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and the BFI Fellowship, and is the first black filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, winning for 12 Years a Slave (2013). For services to the visual arts, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2011, and in 2014 he was included in Time magazine's annual Time 100 list of the "most influential people in the world".