may contain excessive or improper use of copyrighted material. Please review the use of non-free media according to policy and guidelines and correct any violations. The talk page may have details. (March 2011) Stanley Kubrick 1940s self-portrait with a Leica III camera during the time Kubrick worked for Look. From the book Drama and Shadows. Born July 26, 1928(1928-07-26) Manhattan, New York, United States Died March 7, 1999(1999-03-07) (aged 70) Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom Occupation Film director, film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, film editor Years active 1951–1999 Influenced by Max Ophüls, Fritz Lang, G.W. Pabst, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Orson Welles, David Lynch Influenced Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Woody Allen, Terry Gilliam, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, Guillermo del Toro, David Lynch, Lars Von Trier, Michael Mann, George A. Romero, Coen brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Gaspar Noé, Michael Moore, Tim Burton, P.T. Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, Matt Groening Spouse Toba Metz (1948–1951; divorced) Ruth Sobotka (1954–1957; divorced) Christiane Harlan (1958–1999; his death) Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer who lived in England during most of the last four decades of his career. Kubrick was noted for the scrupulous care with which he chose his subjects, his slow method of working, the variety of genres he worked in, his technical perfectionism, and his reclusiveness about his films and personal life. He maintained almost complete artistic control, making movies according to his own whims and time constraints, but with the rare advantage of big-studio financial support for all his endeavors..