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Stanley Kubrick Biography

Birth Name:Stanley Kubrick

Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States

Profession Director, Writer, Producer, Camera department, Editor, Cinematographer, Sound department, Actor, Visual effects, Assistant director

Fast Facts

Was awarded the Golden Lion Award at the 1997 Venice Film Festival
Started out working as a staff photographer for Look magazine
Quote: "A film is, or should be, more like music than like fiction․ It should be a progression of moods and feelings․ The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later․"
Known for creating thoughtful-provoking films
Never watched his films once they were completed
Spent nearly 30 years working on a film about the Holocaust, but abandoned the project after seeing Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List․"
Took 30,000 research photographs for his film "Eyes Wide Shut․"

Awards

1958Diploma of Merit-Best Foreign Director: winner
1958WGA Award (Screen)-Best Written American Drama: nominated
1959Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): winner
1959Prize-Best Director: winner
1961BAFTA Film Award-Best Film from any Source: nominated
1961Golden Globe-Best Director: nominated
1962Golden Lion-: nominated
1963DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
1963Golden Globe-Best Director: nominated
1964Bodil-Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film): winner
1964NYFCC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
1964NYFCC Award-Best Director: winner
1965Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
1965Oscar-Best Picture: nominated
1965Oscar-Best Director: nominated
1965BAFTA Film Award-Best British Screenplay: nominated
1965DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
1965Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: winner
1965Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): winner
1965WGA Award (Screen)-Best Written American Comedy: winner
1968KCFCC Award-Best Director: winner
1969Oscar-Best Director: nominated
1969Oscar-Best Effects, Special Visual Effects: winner
1969Oscar-Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
1969UN Award-: nominated
1969BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1969David-Best Foreign Production (Migliore Produzione Straniera): winner
1969DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
1969Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: winner
1969Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
1969Golden Prize-Best Feature Film: nominated
1969Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award-Best British Original Screenplay: nominated
1971NYFCC Award-Best Director: winner
1972Oscar-Best Director: nominated
1972Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
1972Oscar-Best Picture: nominated
1972DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
1972Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
1972Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: winner
1972NSFC Award-Best Director: nominated
1972Pasinetti Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
1972WGA Award (Screen)-Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium: nominated
1973BAFTA Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
1973BAFTA Film Award-Best Direction: nominated
1973Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): winner
1973Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
1975NBR Award-Best Director: winner
1975NYFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
1976Oscar-Best Director: nominated
1976Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material: nominated
1976Oscar-Best Picture: nominated
1976BAFTA Film Award-Best Direction: winner
1976DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
1976Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
1976WGA Award (Screen)-Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium: nominated
1977César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
1977European David-: winner
1977Sant Jordi-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
1978Guild Film Award - Gold-Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film): winner
1981Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
1981David-Best Foreign Producer (Migliore Produttore Straniero): nominated
1981Razzie Award-Worst Director: nominated
1987Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1988Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
1988BSFC Award-Best Director: winner
1988David-Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero): nominated
1988David-Best Foreign Producer (Migliore Produttore Straniero): winner
1988David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
1988Jupiter Award-Best International Film: nominated
1988ALFS Award-Director of the Year: winner
1988WGA Award (Screen)-Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
1989Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film Director: winner
1999Honorable Mention-Best Foreign Film: winner
1999Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: winner
1999Guinness World Record-Longest Constant Movie Shoot: winner
1999Filmcritica "Bastone Bianco" Award-: winner
2000Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): nominated
2000Best Film of the 1990s-Best Film: nominated
2000CFCA Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
2000CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
2000Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
2000César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
2000Critics Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
2000OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
2000OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: nominated
2000OFTA Film Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
2000OFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
2008Jules Verne Légendaire Award-: winner
2010The Greatest Films of All Time-Horror: winner