Steve McQueen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Steve McQueen
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Oct 9, 1969(1969-10-09)
Age	55
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Steve McQueen Biography

Steve McQueen is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on October 9, 1969 in England, England, United Kingdom. English director known for his long takes and serious subject matters. He first gained attention for his 2008 debut feature film Hunger and his 2011 follow-up Shame. He received further acclaim after directing the 2013 historical drama 12 Years a Slave, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

He casted actor Michael Fassbender in his first two films, Hunger and Shame, and 12 Years a Slave.

Sir Steven Rodney McQueen CBE (born 9 October 1969) is a British artist, film director and screenwriter. For his 2013 film 12 Years a Slave, a historical drama adaptation of an 1853 slave narrative memoir, he won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award for Best Film, and Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, as a producer, and he also received the award for Best Director from the New York Film Critics Circle. McQueen is the first black filmmaker to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.

His first major work was Bear (1993), in which two naked men (one of them McQueen) exchange a series of glances that might be taken to be flirtatious or threatening. Deadpan (1997) is a restaging of a Buster Keaton stunt in which a house collapses around McQueen, who is left unscathed because he is standing where there is a missing window.

He grew up in West London in a family of Grenadian descent. He has two children named Dexter and Alex with wife Bianca Stigter.

Steve McQueen Net Worth

Steve McQueen is one of the richest Director from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steve McQueen 's net worth $30 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He spent his childhood years playing soccer. Later, he studied fine arts at Goldsmiths College, University of London and began cultivating a love of film.

His first films were experimental shorts, mostly in black and white without sound.

McQueen signed on to develop Codes of Conduct, a six-episode limited series for HBO. However, after the pilot episode was shot, HBO shut down production. McQueen is working on a BBC drama about the lives of black Britons, which follows the lives of a group of friends and their families from 1968 to 2014.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Steve McQueen height 5 feet 9 inches Steve weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Steve McQueen Dating?

According to our records, Steve McQueen is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Steve McQueen’s is not dating anyone.

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Exodus (1997) is a 65-second colour video that takes the title of a record by Bob Marley as its starting point. It records a found event, two black men carrying potted palms whom McQueen followed down a London street, the greenery waving precariously above their heads. Then they get on a bus and leave.

Facts & Trivia

Steve Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Steve McQueen celebrates birthday on October 9 of every year.

He won the Turner Prize in 1999, although much of the publicity went to Tracey Emin, who was also a nominee. In 2006, he went to Iraq as an official war artist. The following year he presented Queen and Country, a piece that commemorated the deaths of British soldiers who died in the Iraq War by presenting their portraits as sheets of stamps. A proposal to have the stamps placed in circulation was rejected by the Royal Mail. His 2007 short film Gravesend depicted the process of Coltan refinement and production. It premiered at The Renaissance Society in the United States.

What car was Steve McQueen driving when he died?

The 1968 Ford Mustang Bullitt GT driven by Steve McQueen in Hollywood’s legendary action film of the same name emerged to international celebration after being hidden in a family’s garage for 40 years. …

What were Steve McQueen's last words?

Death Although diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1979, McQueen had been ill for some time but always refused conventional medical treatment. He died on 7 November 1980,in Mexico. His last words were in Spanish. ‘ Lo hice ,’ he said.

What age was Steve McQueen when he died?

50 years (1930–1980)

Are there 2 Steve McQueen?

McQueen, The Other Actor. The third and final McQueen in today’s lesson is the grandson of the second Steve McQueen and an actor himself. This Steve McQueen is technically a Steven (it still counts!) and is the son of Chad McQueen, Steve McQueen’s son with Neile Adams.

Who owns the Bullitt Mustang now?

The iconic movie car has been owned by the Kiernan family since 1974. After nearly 50 years, McQueen’s Mustang GT fastback from “Bullitt” is back on the world’s stage.