Director Steve McQueen revealed that he’s “fully recovered and functional” after privately battling prostate cancer. The 55-year-old British filmmaker shared details about his health battle publicly for the first time in an interview with Deadline published on Thursday.

McQueen, whose father died of prostate cancer in 2006, discovered that he developed a small tumor during one of his routine checkups in 2022, while his new war drama Blitz — about a mother's search for her young son in World War II London — was in pre-production.

This article contains mention of death. Steve McQueen is a brave cancer survivor! and he is surely spreading awareness about it. The director talked about his prostate cancer diagnosis, which he got while working on his new film,

Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen is revealing today that two years ago he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent a procedure to remove the tumor. Thankfully, the filmmaker is now "fully recovered and fully functional,

Two years ago, Steve McQueen, the Oscar-winning director of '12 Years a Slave,' was diagnosed with prostate cancer. In an interview with 'Deadline,' McQueen shared that he is now "fully recovered and fully functional.