Mini biography

Stanley Kubrick (July 26th, 1928 - March 7th, 1999)

Having become interested in photography in high school, Kubrick became a staff photographer for Look magazine at age 17.

His first film, The Day of the Fight (1951), is a short documentary about the boxing world. His first feature-length film, Fear and Desire (1953), dealt with World War II.

“If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.”

Paths of Glory (1957), a story of military injustice in the French army during World War I, brought Kubrick into prominence as a director. It was followed by films, mostly shot in England, that explored the incongruities and violence underlying modern life and reached imaginatively into the world of the future. After Spartacus (1960), a historical epic,



Kubrick made Lolita (1962), based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov; Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), which turned the possibility of a nuclear war into a grim joke; 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which earned an Academy Award for special visual effects; A Clockwork Orange (1971), based on the dystopian novel by Anthony Burgess; Barry Lyndon (1975), based on William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of manners;

The Shining (1980), a horror film based on the novel by Stephen King; Full Metal Jacket (1987), about the Vietnam War; and the posthumously released Eyes Wide Shut (1999), an exploration of marital fidelity and sexuality.

Director - Selected filmography

1. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
   
2. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
   
3. The Shining (1980)
   
4. Barry Lyndon (1975)
   
5. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
   
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
   
7. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
   
8. Lolita (1962)
   
9. Spartacus (1960)
   
10. Paths of Glory (1957)