Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrickwas an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor, and photographer. Part of the New Hollywood film-making wave, Kubrick's films are considered by film historian Michel Ciment to be "among the most important contributions to world cinema in the twentieth century", and he is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinematic history. His films, which are typically adaptations of novels or short stories, cover a wide range of genres, and are noted for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth26 July 1928
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I'm a slave to my imagination in terms of making narrative films.
A film needs more than you can give it in a lifetime.
You're constantly changing man. But the film's not changing. The film stays the same. That's the beautiful aspect of it.
Critical opinion on my films has always been salvaged by what I would call subsequent critical opinion.
A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.
I'm happy - at times - making films. I'm certainly unhappy not making films.
Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction.
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.
If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.
The best education in film is to make one
I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists-neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.
When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.
The greatest nations have all acted like gangsters and the smallest like prostitutes.