Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Pictures (2001)

Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Pictures (2001)

Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and cinematographer, considered one of America's greatest filmmakers. His films, typically adaptations of novels or short stories, were noted for their "dazzling" and unique cinematography, attention to details to achieve realism, and an inspired use of music scores. Kubrick's films covered a variety of genres, including war, black comedy, horror and science fiction. Kubrick was also noted for being a perfectionist, using painstaking care with scene staging and working closely with his actors.

Starting out as a photographer in New York City, he taught himself all aspects of film production and directing after graduating high school. He moved to England after his early films, which he produced on a shoestring budget, and lived and filmed there during most of his career. His home became his workplace where he did his writing, research, editing and management of production details. This allowed him to have almost complete artistic control, but with the rare advantage of having financial support from major Hollywood studios.

Several of his films broke new cinematic ground. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) was a science-fiction film noted for innovative visual effects and scientific realism. Barry Lyndon (1975) used specially-designed F 0.7 NASA-lenses to film scenes lit by natural candlelight. The Shining (1980) was among the first feature films to make use of a Steadicam to allow stabilized and fluid tracking shots. Kubrick was the cinematographer and editor on the first two of his thirteen feature films, as he had been on his earlier shorts, and he directed, produced, and wrote all or part of the screenplays for nearly all his films.

Some of his films were controversial, including A Clockwork Orange (1971), Lolita (1962), and Paths of Glory (1957). Many of Kubrick's films were met with mixed reviews, although they were acclaimed years later as masterpieces. He was widely admired by other prominent filmmakers, including Orson Welles, who considered him a "giant" and a "great director." Steven Spielberg called Space Odyssey his generation's "big bang." All of Kubrick's films from the mid-1950s onward, except The Shining, were nominated for Oscars, Golden Globes, or BAFTAs, with his only personal win being for the special effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Film historian Michel Ciment considers his films to be "among the most important contributions to world cinema in the twentieth century."

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