Stanley Kubrick was born on July 26, 1928 in Manhattan, USA and died on March 7, 1999. He was an influential and acclaimed American film director and producer considered among the greatest of the 20th Century.

When he was just 16 and in high school, Kubrick shot a photograph of a news vendor the day after President Franklin D. Roosevelt died and submitted it to Look magazine. Look printed the photo and soon hired him as a freelance photographer.

After creating a photo essay on boxing for Look, Kubrick used his savings to make a 16-minute documentary film, Day of the Fight, in 1950.

Later, and after making two further documentaries, Flying Padre and The Seafarers, Kubrick persuaded family members to invest money in a short feature film about a fictitious war called Fear and Desire. He managed to get the film shown in a few art-house theaters in New York, and quickly began making a name for himself.

He wrote and directed some of the most talked-about films of the 1960s and 1970s: the Roman slave saga Spartacus (1960), the Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove (1964), the spooky and thoughtful space opera 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), the nightmarish A Clockwork Orange (1971), and the socko horror film The Shining (1980,).

In 1997, he received the D.W. Griffith Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Directors Guild of America.

That same year Kubrick began shooting Eyes Wide Shut, returning to filmmaking after a ten-year absence. He died in his sleep on March 7, 1999, soon after turning in his final cut of the film. He was buried next to his favorite tree in Childwickbury Manor, Hertfordshire, England, U.K.

Director

• Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• The Shining (1980)
• Barry Lyndon (1975)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
• Lolita (1962)
• Spartacus (1960)
• Paths of Glory (1957)
• The Killing (1956)
• Killer's Kiss (1955)
• The Seafarers (1953)
• Fear and Desire (1953)
• Day of the Fight (1951)
• Flying Padre (1951)

Awards

• BAFTA Academy Fellowship 2000
• BAFTA Britannia Award 1999
• Directors Guild of America D W Griffith Award 1997
• Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for Career Achievement 1997
• BAFTA Award Best Director "Barry Lyndon" 1975
• National Board of Review Award Best Director "Barry Lyndon" 1975
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Motion Picture "A Clockwork Orange" 1971
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Director "A Clockwork Orange" 1971
• Oscar Best Special Effects "2001: A Space Odyssey" 1968
• British Film Academy Award Best Film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" 1964
• British Film Academy Award Best British Film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" 1964
• British Film Academy United Nations Award "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" 1964
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Director "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" 1964
• Writers Guild of America Award Best-Written American Comedy "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" 1964
• Locarno Film Festival Golden Sail Award "Killer's Kiss" 1959