1. Stanley Kubrick Rory Patton COM 329

2. Overview Born in New York City on July 26, 1928, died on March 7, 1999 American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor Part of the New Hollywood filmmaking wave He taught himself all aspects of filmmaking

3. His Start At 13 his father bought him his first camera, triggering a fascination with still photography He decided to focus on photography, rather than school At 16 he shot a photograph of a news vendor the day after F.D.R. died and submitted it to Look magazine Look hired him on the spot as a freelance photographer

4. First Films In 1951 he made his first 16 minute documentary film Day of the Fight https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player _detailpage&v=519M7nzBRZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player _detailpage&v=519M7nzBRZA In 1953 he made a name for himself when his first feature film Fear and Desire was screened in a few New York art-house theaters https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player _detailpage&v=bjJzQvjhndw

5.  Director (16 credits)  1999 Eyes Wide Shut  1987 Full Metal Jacket  1980 The Shining  1975 Barry Lyndon  1971 A Clockwork Orange  1968 2001: A Space Odyssey  1964 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb  1962 Lolita  1960 Spartacus  1957 Paths of Glory  1956 The Killing  1955 The Killer's Kiss  1953 The Seafarers (Documentary short)  1953 Fear and Desire  1951 Day of the Fight (Documentary short)  1951 Flying Padre: An RKO-Pathe Screenliner (Documentary short)

6. Film Facts Known for extreme close-ups of intensely emotional faces All of his films include a pivotal scene that takes place in the bathroom Uses first person viewpoint at least once in every film

7. Film Facts (cont.)  Barry Lyndon (1975) Kubrick modified lenses used by NASA for Hubble telescope in order to film scenes under natural candlelight  2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Kubrick used innovative effects and scientific realism  The Shining (1980) First feature film to use a steadicam for stabilized tracking shots  Every film he made was adapted from a novel  Films consisted of wide-angles shots that gave the impression of a wide- screen movie  Used music to work against on-screen images to create irony https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SWvWyYz9ttk

8. Film Achievements Best Director Academy Award nominations for Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon Won an Academy Award for special effects in 2001: A Space Odyssey In 1997 he received the D.W. Griffith Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Directors Guild of America In 1999 Eyes Wide Shut was the first Kubrick film to open at the box office at number one

9. Kubrick’s Influence on film today Burton modeled Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Alice and Wonderland after the twins from The Shining  In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Burton uses actual footage from 2001: A Space Odyssey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8uLugHTVoE &feature=player_detailpage  Tim Burton

10. Kubrick’s Influence on film Today (cont.)  Christopher Nolan  It is clear that Nolan’s 2014 film Interstellar was inspired by Kubrick’s 2001:A Space Odyssey

11. Kubrick’s Influence on film Today (cont.) Directors influenced by Kubrick also include; David Fincher Guillermo del Toro David Lynch Lars Von Trier Michael Mann

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13. Resources  www.biography.com www.biography.com  www.IMDb.com www.IMDb.com  www.wikipedia.com www.wikipedia.com  www.kubrickfilms.warnerbro.com/ www.kubrickfilms.warnerbro.com/