In 1993 his first major movie "Bear" was shown at the Royal College of Art in London. It is black and white and there is no sound in it. In 1999 McQueen won the Turner Prize. In 2008 "Hunger" was released. It was the first feature film directed and written by McQueen. McQueen is making a drama for HBO. He directed "Shame" (2011) "12 Years a Slave" (2013) and "Widows" (2018).