FILM DIRECTOR

Stanley Kubrick

1928 - 1999

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Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films were nearly all adaptations of novels or short stories, spanning a number of genres and gaining recognition for their intense attention to detail, innovative cinematography, extensive set design, and dark humor. Born and raised in New York City, Kubrick was an average school student but displayed a keen interest in literature, photography, and film from a young age; he began to teach himself all aspects of film producing and directing after graduating from high school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanley Kubrick has received more than 21,529,915 page views. His biography is available in 123 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 118 in 2019). Stanley Kubrick is the 7th most popular film director (down from 6th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from United States (down from 49th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Film Director.

Stanley Kubrick is most famous for directing and producing a number of notable films, including "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968), "A Clockwork Orange" (1971), "The Shining" (1980), and "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999).

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  • 22M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 78.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 123

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Stanley Kubrick ranks 7 out of 2,041. Before him are Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman, Hayao Miyazaki, Alfred Hitchcock, and Federico Fellini. After him are Akira Kurosawa, Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Ridley Scott, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Sergei Eisenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Stanley Kubrick ranks 4. Before him are Che Guevara, Ariel Sharon, and Andy Warhol. After him are Hosni Mubarak, Ennio Morricone, John Forbes Nash Jr., Noam Chomsky, Agnès Varda, Eduard Shevardnadze, Serge Gainsbourg, and James Watson. Among people deceased in 1999, Stanley Kubrick ranks 1. After him are Hassan II of Morocco, Scatman John, Franjo Tuđman, Pete Conrad, Hussein of Jordan, Mario Puzo, Gertrude B. Elion, Joaquín Rodrigo, Amália Rodrigues, Wilt Chamberlain, and Yehudi Menuhin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stanley Kubrick ranks 64 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry Ford (1863), Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890), John Wilkes Booth (1838), George W. Bush (1946), Bette Davis (1908), and Marlon Brando (1924). After him are Bill Gates (1955), Danny DeVito (1944), James Stewart (1908), George H. W. Bush (1924), Charles Lindbergh (1902), and Henry David Thoreau (1817).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Stanley Kubrick ranks 3. Before him are Steven Spielberg (1946), and Martin Scorsese (1942). After him are Woody Allen (1935), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), George Lucas (1944), Quentin Tarantino (1963), Tim Burton (1958), John Ford (1894), David Lynch (1946), Oliver Stone (1946), and Brian De Palma (1940).

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