Born – July 26, 1928
Died - March 7, 1999(aged 70)
Harpenden,
Years active - 1951 - 1999
Spouse(s) - Toba Metz (1948–1951)
Ruth Sobotka(1954–1957)
Christian Harlan(1958-1999)
Children - Anya Kubrick (b.1959)
Vivian kubrick
Stanley Kubrick was an influential and acclaimed Oscar winning American film director and producer considered among the greatest of the 20th Century. He directed a number of highly acclaimed and sometimes controversial films.
Stanley Kubrick was born at the
Kubrick's father taught him chess at age twelve; the game remained a life-long obsession. When
Kubrick attended William Howard Taft high school 1941–1945. He was a poor student with a meager 67 grade average. On graduation from high school in 1945, when soldiers returning from the Second World war crowded colleges, his poor grades eliminated hopes of higher education. Later in life, Kubrick spoke disdainfully of his education and of education in general, maintaining that nothing about school interested him.
In high school, he was chosen official school photographer for a year. Eventually, he sought jobs on his own, and by graduation time had sold a photographic series to Look magazine in NYC. Kubrick supplemented his income playing "chess for quarters" in
During his Look magazine years, on May 29, 1948, Kubrick married Toba Metz (b. 1930) and they lived in
Many early-period (1945–1950) photographs by Kubrick were published in the book "Drama and Shadows" (2005, Phaidon Press).
Filmography
- Documentary short films
- Day of flight (1951)
- Flying Padre (1951)
- The sea farers(1953)
Feature films
Year | Title | Awards | |
1953 | Fear and desire | | |
1955 | Killer’s Kiss | | |
1956 | The Killing | Nominated for BAFTA Award: Best Film from any Source | |
1957 | Paths of Glory | Nominated for BAFTA Award: Best Film from any Source | |
!960 | Spartacus | Nominated for 6 Oscars, Won 4: Best Supporting Actor, Best Art-Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Original Score | |
1962 | Lolita | Nominated for Oscar: Best Adapted Screenplay | |
1964 | Dr. Strangelove/How I learned to stop Worrying and love The bomb | Nominated for 4 Oscars:Best Actor, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay | |
1968 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Nominated for 4 Oscars, Won 1 : Best Special Effect, Best Director, Best Art-Direction, Best Original Screenplay | |
1971 | A Clockwork | Nominated for 4 Oscars: Best Director, Best Editing, Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay | |
1975 | Barry Lyndon | Nominated for 7 Oscars, Won 4: Best Art-Direction, Best Cinmatography, Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, Best Director, Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay | |
1980 | The Shining | | |
1987 | Full Metal Jacket | Nominated for Oscar: Best Adapted Screenplay | |
1999 | Eyes Wide Shut | Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Original Score | |
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