Stanley Kubrick
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 LionNominated
- 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 Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen:Nominated
- 1969Oscar - Best Effects, Special Visual Effects:Winner
- 1969UN AwardNominated
- 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 Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Nominated
- 1972Oscar - Best Picture:Nominated
- 1972Oscar - Best Director: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 Direction:Nominated
- 1973BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay: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 DavidWinner
- 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 Film (Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
- 1988David - Best Foreign Producer (Migliore Produttore Straniero):Winner
- 1988David - Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista 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" AwardWinner
- 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 Cinematography:Nominated
- 2000OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2000OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Nominated
- 2000OFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2008Felix - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2008Jules Verne Légendaire AwardWinner
- 2010The Greatest Films of All Time - Horror:Winner