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.

Blitz' director Steve McQueen on the choices he made to create his homage to wartime London with Saoirse Ronan and newcomer Elliott Heffernan.

The director illuminates his new World War II epic, focused on a boy’s fight to get back home amid the rubble of war-torn London.

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.

Steve McQueen Had Prostrate Cancer Procedure On Eve Of ‘Blitz’ Shoot; He Is Now “Fully Recovered, Fully Functional”

Acclaimed director Steve McQueen shared both his prostate cancer diagnosis and fully clean bill of health on the same day. In a new interview with Deadline, the filmmaker revealed that he had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor two years ago,

Seeing war through a child’s eyes is sobering. It helps us reconnect to a situation that’s ongoing and unfortunately very familiar."