Kubrick

American  

[koo-brik, kyoo-] / ˈku brɪk, ˈkyu- /

noun

1. Stanley, 1928–99, U.S. film director.

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Kubrick British  

/ ˈkjuːbrɪk /

noun

1. Stanley. 1928–99, US film writer, director, and producer. He directed Lolita (1962), Dr Strangelove (1963), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Shining (1980), Full Metal Jacket (1987), and Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

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Example Sentences

Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Reed, Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick and many others made incredible films that directly contradicted the edicts of studio bosses at the behest of the government.

From Salon

Those Easter eggs, including an extended callback to Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” — the realization of which they credit to animator Louaye Moulayess, a “Shining” superfan — speak to a willingness to cater to audiences beyond kids.

From Los Angeles Times

Kubrick wasn’t defending fragile human purity against machines.

From The Wall Street Journal

Others may find “Boots” redolent of the Kubrick movie, “Platoon” and/or “An Officer and a Gentleman,” though its message isn’t too complicated.

From The Wall Street Journal

SO: Stanley Kubrick said, “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.”

From Los Angeles Times