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Born
Stanley Kubrick was born to parents Gertrude Kubrick and Jacques Leonard Kubrick in Manhatten, New York. He grew up living in an apartment in the Bronx. -
Received First Camera
For Stanleys thirteenth birthday his father gave him his very first camera. He then went on to become an avid photographer photographing much of New York. -
Offered job
He began doing photography jobs with the magazine Look there he met Alexander Singer. Togethor they planned to begin working in the film industry. -
Toba Metz
Stanley Kubrick married Toba Metz they were together for three years before seperating in 1951. -
Day of the Fight
Stanley Kubrick’s first film a documentary about an Irish boxer named Walter Cartier. The assistant director for the film Alexander Singer was an old friend of Stanley’s whom he had met while working for Look magazine. -
Flying Padre
Stanley Kubrick's second directing credit took place the same year as the first and is a short doumentry depicting two days in the life of priest Father Fred Stadtmuller. The whole film takes place within nine minutes. -
Fear and Desire
Stanley first feature length film is the story about four soldiers who confront their fears and desires. It is well known fact that Kubrick greatly disliked this film and went and bought all the prints of it so no one could see it. -
The Seafarers
Stanley Kubrick’s first colour film is a short documentary about the benefits of the Seafarers International Union. The film was commissioned as a promotional tool for the Seafarers International Union and was lost for forty years. -
Ruth Sobotka
Stanley Kubrick married Ruth Sobotka a dancer in his movie Killers Kiss. They were married for two years whn they sepersted in 1957. -
Killers Kiss
Killers Kiss is the story of a washed up boxer. During the filming of the feature technical problems occurred causing them to be unable to record sound. This forced them to have to post-sync all the dialogue and sound effects. -
The Killing
The Killing is the story of the planning and execution of a robbery. Kirk Douglas was so impressed with this film he sought Kubrick out for his next project The Paths of Glory. -
Paths of Glory
Paths of Glory depict war in the trenches during WWI starring the famous Kirk Douglas. During the filming of this movie met his future wife Christiane Harlan who performs singing at the end of the film. -
Christiane Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick married Christiane and they were together until his death in 1999. They had three children together Vivian, Katharina, and Anya. -
Spartacus
This movie is the story of roman Spartacus and his slave revolt. Spartacus is played by Kirk Douglas; this is the second project Kubrick worked with Douglas. This is the only one of Kubrick’s work where he was not involved in the writing process. -
Lolita
Lolita is the story of an English professor who marries this widow because he is in love with her 14 year old daughter. Kubrick made the decision to shoot Peter Sellers' scenes in this movie using multiple cameras because of Sellers' doing his best work in the first take. -
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
This movie is the satirical take on a story about nuclear holocaust and the intention to stop it. While doing research for this film Kubrick read around 50 books to learn about nuclear war. This feature is Kubrick’s last black and white film. -
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey is the story of evolution through space travel and discovery. This was the last film made about space travel to the moon before Neil Armstrong arrived on the moon. After which there was a conspiracy theory that Armstrong never actually went to the moon that it was all a hoax at which it was presumed the footage was filmed by old movie props from this movie. -
Clockwork Orange
Clockwork Orange is an adaptation of the 1962 by Anthony Burgess which is the story of Alex DeLarge and his gang of "droogs". The film was released around a year after shotting began making this the fastest film shot, edited and released by Stanley Kubrick. -
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon is a story of the 18th-century aristocratic life. Stanley Kubrick is known for retaking a shot multiple times and notably re-shot a scene 100 times. This is Kubrick’s second longest film with a running time of 184 minutes. -
The Shining
The Shining is a horror movie that is an adaptation of Stephan Kings novel the story focuses around a hotel and its history of violence. The movie follows Jack Torrance newly hired to watch over the hotel during the winter. -
Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket is the story of the effects of war. For one of the shots in the film they used a special lens that kept all the marines in focus. Kubrick’s reasoning behind this was no one of them was special so they all received the same treatment. -
Death
Stanley Kubrick died in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, UK from what is presumed to be natural causes. He died just months before his final movie was released. -
Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut is the sotry of love, sexual fanasties, and cheating staring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Thsi is Kubrick's first film to open at #1 at the U.S. box offices.
