Stanley Kubrick's story

          Stanley Kubrick was born in 1928 in Brox, New York. Kubrick is one of the more notable directors in American film history. He was known for his work as a photographer, screenwriter, producer, and a director. Kubrick's father introduced him to chess as a child, Stanley used his skills at chess to solve career problems.  His father also gave him a camera at 13 years old, which lead to an interest in photography. Between 13-17 years old, Kubrick traveled around New York taking many pictures and developing them in friends' dark rooms.  His talent showed immediately when he sold some pictures to  Look magazine and was able to gain an apprentice photographer position on the staff at only age 17.  The years following were filled with many more magazine opportunities and chess games.   During this time, he married Toba Metz in 1948.  After a short marriage which lead to divorce in 1951, Kubrick's friend Alex Singer convinced Stanely to participate/fund in short documentaries.  This lead to the creation of his first film, a short documentary called Day of Flight which had small success and made little profit.  Drawn in by the success he had at his very first film, he quit Look magazine and went on to focus on his film career.  After a his second documentary, Kubrick directed his first color film.  It was a short 30 minute promotional film called The Seafarers for the Seafarers' International Union.  Three out of his first four films are really the only films that fit the documentary genre and are still around, some films he was said to be involved in were lost and not fully produced.  During the production of Paths of Glory, Stanley met a young German acress named Christiane Harlan.  They fell in love and got married in 1958 and had two children of their own as well as a previous child from Christiane's first marrige.  They remained together until his death. His passion for film grew and he directed many more full length films up to his last major film Eyes Wide Shut.  Stanley Kubrick died in his sleep of a heart attack at age 70 in 1999.






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