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Stanley Kubrick directed 13 feature films and three short documentaries over the course of his career, from Day of the Fight in 1951 to Eyes Wide Shut in 1999. Many of Kubrick's films were nominated for Academy Awards or Golden Globes, but his only personal win of an Academy Award was for his work as director of special effects on 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Many of his movies, such as Paths of Glory , Spartacus , Dr. Strangelove , 2001: A Space Odyssey , A Clockwork Orange , Barry Lyndon , The Shining , and Full Metal Jacket , are widely considered among the greatest films of all time.

Filmography

Two scholarly books that are comparative critical studies of Kubrick's work discuss A.I. and even list it in their filmography. A book on the making of the film with a foreword by Spielberg also treats the film throughout as effectively a collaboration between Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg. Other scholarly treatments of Kubrick largely ignore the film.

Awards and nominations

All of Stanley Kubrick's films from Paths of Glory until the end of his career, except for The Shining, were nominated for Academy Awards or Golden Globe Awards, in various categories. 2001: A Space Odyssey received numerous technical awards, including a BAFTA award for cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth and an Academy Award for best visual effects, which Kubrick (as director of special effects on the film) received. This was Kubrick's only personal Academy Award win among 13 nominations. Nominations for his films were mostly in the areas of cinematography, art design, screenwriting, and music. Only four of his films were nominated for either an Academy Award or Golden Globe Award for their acting performances: Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, and A Clockwork Orange.

Personal awards for Kubrick, limited to Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), Golden Globe Awards and Saturns, are as follows:

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, or "Oscars" are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements. The awards, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), were first held in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Kubrick received one award from thirteen nominations.

British Academy Film Awards

The British Academy Film Award is an annual award show presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The awards were founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell and others. Kubrick received three awards from eleven nominations.

Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign. Kubrick received one award from seven nominations.

Hugo Awards

The Hugo Awards are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements. Organized and overseen by the World Science Fiction Society, the awards are given each year at the annual World Science Fiction Convention as the central focus of the event. They were first given in 1953, at the 11th World Science Fiction Convention. Kubrick was awarded three times.

Others

Kubrick received two awards from major film festivals: Best Director from the Locarno International Film Festival in 1959 for Killer's Kiss, and Filmcritica Bastone Bianco Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1999 for Eyes Wide Shut. He also was nominated for the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival in 1962 for Lolita. The Venice Film Festival awarded him the Career Golden Lion in 1997. He received the D.W. Griffith Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of America, and another life-achievement award from the Director's Guild of Great Britain. Posthumously, the Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival awarded him the Honorary Grand Prize for life achievement in 2008.

References

1. Naremore, James (2007). On Kubrick. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-1-84457-142-0. This book contains a chapter on A.I. and lists it in the filmography in the back.
2. Abrams, Jerold J. (2007). The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2445-2. This anthology contains an essay by Jason Eberl comparing the concepts of machine intelligence in 2001 and A.I., and lists A.I. in the filmography as "completed by Steven Spielberg".
3. Struthers, Jane (2009). A.I. Artificial Intelligence: From Stanley Kubrick to Steven Spielberg: The Vision Behind the Film. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-51489-4.
4. Notable examples would be Patrick Webster's Love and Death in Kubrick: A Critical Study of the Films from Lolita through Eyes Wide Shut and Randy Rasmussen's Stanley Kubrick; Seven Films Analyzed.
5. "About the Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
6. Newcomb, Horace (February 3, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television. Taylor & Francis. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-135-19479-6.
7. "History of the Golden Globes". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
8. "The Hugo Awards: Search Results: Kubrick". The Hugo Awards. Retrieved October 28, 2011.

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