Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - List of Books by Stanley Kubrick

"If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed." -- Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 — March 7, 1999) was an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer who lived in England during most of the last four decades of his career. Kubrick was noted for the scrupulous care with which he chose his subjects, his slow method of working, the variety of genres he worked in, his technical perfectionism, and his reclusiveness about his films and personal life. He worked far beyond the confines of the Hollywood system, maintaining almost complete artistic control and making movies according to his own whims and time constraints, but with the rare advantage of big-studio financial support for all his endeavors. Although he was nominated for an Academy Award as a screenwriter and director on several occasions, his only personal win was for the special effects in A Space Odyssey.

Kubrick is widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished, innovative, and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He directed a number of highly acclaimed and often controversial films that have often been perceived as a reflection of his obsessive and perfectionist nature. His films are characterized by a formal visual style and meticulous attention to detail...his later films often have elements of surrealism and expressionism that eschews structured linear narrative. While often viewed as expressing an ironic pessimism, a few critics feel his films contain a cautious optimism when viewed more carefully.Even though all of his films, apart from the first two, were adapted from novels or short stories, his works are noted as some of the "most original, provocative, and visionary motion pictures ever made".

Quotes   more

Early Life   more

Film Career and Later Life   more

Kubrick Academy Awards   more

Projects Unrealized or Completed By Others   more

Frequent Collaborators   more

Family Cameos   more

Style and Trademarks   more

Aspect Ratio   more

Personal Life   more

Alternative Adaptations   more

Legacy   more

This author page uses material from the Wikipedia article "Stanley Kubrick", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
Total Books: 17
2001 A Space Odyssey
2001 a Space Odyssey (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780451452733
ISBN-10: 0451452739
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 47

2001 a Space Odyssey
2001 a Space Odyssey (Other)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781435293328
ISBN-10: 1435293320
  ?

Are We Alone The Stanley Kubrick Extraterrestrial Intelligence Interviews
Clockwork Orange Based On the Novel
Clockwork Orange Based on the Novel (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780345026965
ISBN-10: 0345026969
  ?

Dr Strangelove Or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
Dr Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [Lernmaterialien] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783526439400
ISBN-10: 3526439400
  ?

Eyes Wide Shut
Eyes Wide Shut (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780446676328
ISBN-10: 0446676322
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
 5

Eyes Wide Shut  and Dream Story
Eyes Wide Shut and Dream Story [Screenplay] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780141185651
ISBN-10: 0141185651
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  ?

EYES WIDE SHUT Screenplay and Dream Story
Eyes Wide Shut Screenplay and Dream Story [PENGUIN Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780141183770
ISBN-10: 0141183772
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Humor & Entertainment
  ?

Eyes Wide Shut / Traumnovelle
Eyes Wide Shut / Traumnovelle [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783596143696
ISBN-10: 3596143691
Genre: Reference
  ?

Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780394758237
ISBN-10: 0394758234
Genre: Humor & Entertainment
  ?

Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780436239229
ISBN-10: 0436239221
Genre: Arts & Photography
  ?

Interviste extraterrestri
Interviste Extraterrestri (Other)
ISBN-13: 9788876380464
ISBN-10: 8876380469
Genre: Health, Fitness & Dieting
  ?

Stanley Kubrick Interviews
Stanley Kubrick Interviews [Conversations With Filmmakers Series] (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781578062966
ISBN-10: 1578062969
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
  ?

Stanley Kubrick Interviews
Stanley Kubrick Interviews [Conversations With Filmmakers Series] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781578062973
ISBN-10: 1578062977
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
  ?

Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
Stanley Kubrick's a Clockwork Orange (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780200000031
ISBN-10: 0200000039
  ?

Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
Stanley Kubrick's a Clockwork Orange (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781901680478
ISBN-10: 1901680479
Genre: Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 3

Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon The Greatest Movie Never Made