Kubrick, << KOO brihk, >> Stanley (1928-1999), was an American motion-picture director. He became noted for his pictures dealing with serious social themes. Kubrick aroused much controversy with his satire Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). The film is a bitter but comic treatment of how the Soviet Union and the United States accidentally start a nuclear war. Kubrick’s science fiction story 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), became famous for its visual effects. His other major films include Lolita (1962), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Shining (1980), and Full Metal Jacket (1987).
Kubrick was born on July 26, 1928, in New York City. After directing the independent films Killer’s Kiss (1955) and The Killing (1956), he impressed critics with Paths of Glory (1957). He died on March 7, 1999.
