Rarely gave interviews. He did, however, appear in a documentary made by his daughter Vivian Kubrick shot during the making of The Shining (1980). According to Vivian, he was planning on doing a few formal TV interviews once Eyes Wide Shut (1999) was released, but died before he could.
Refused to talk about his movies on set as he was directing them and never watched them when they were completed.
Seven of his last nine films were nominated for Oscars. He was nominated for Best Director four consecutive times, for his pictures starting with Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) and ending with Barry Lyndon (1975).
Several of his novel adaptations were often met with angry reactions from the authors, because they are usually unfaithful to the source material.
Shared a love of photography and home movie making with Peter Sellers and they would often photograph each other at work.
Shares his birthday with 'Peter Hyams', who directed 2010 (1984), sequel of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which is directed by Kubrick.
Starting with Lolita (1962), he independently produced all his films from his adopted home of England, UK.
The controversy around A Clockwork Orange (1971)'s UK release was so strong that Kubrick was flooded with angry letters and protesters were showing up at his home, demanding that the film never be shown in England again. He personally petitioned the studio to pull it from theaters, despite his legal inability to control a film after production. The studio, out of respect for Kubrick, eventually decided to pull the film out of theaters prematurely.
Used his favorite piece of music "Thus spoke Zaratustra" by Richard Strauss, recorded by Herbert von Karajan as the music score in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
Used to skip school to take in double-features at the cinema.
Was a lackadaisical student with grades near the bottom of his class.
Was an avid feline lover, once having 16 of them at one point. He would often let his cats lay around his editing room after filming completed as his way of making up for time he lost with them while he was working.
Was of Austrian descent.
Was of Austrian, Roman and Polish descent.
Was voted the 23rd Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. He was the least prolific director on this list, having made only 16 films over the course of a 48 year career.
While working for, One-Eyed Jacks (1961), in Brando's home, Brando asked visitors to remove their shoes so as not to scratch the wooden floor. Kubrick often removed his pants as well, choosing to work in nothing but his shirt and underwear.