List of accolades received by Stanley Kubrick
All of director 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.[1] Kubrick received one award from thirteen nominations.
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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1965 | Best Picture | Dr. Strangelove | Nominated | [2] |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |||
1969 | Best Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Nominated | [3] |
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated | |||
Best Special Visual Effects | Won | |||
1972 | Best Picture | A Clockwork Orange | Nominated | [4] |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |||
1976 | Best Picture | Barry Lyndon | Nominated | [5] |
Best Director | Nominated | |||
Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |||
1988 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Full Metal Jacket | Nominated | [6] |
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.[7] Kubrick received three awards from eleven nominations.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1957 | The Killing | Best Film from any Source | Nominated |
1958 | Paths of Glory | Nominated | |
1961 | Spartacus | Nominated | |
1965 | Dr. Strangelove | Won | |
BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay[a] | Nominated | ||
BAFTA Award for Best British Film | Won | ||
1969 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | BAFTA Award for Best Film | Nominated |
1973 | A Clockwork Orange | BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay | Nominated |
BAFTA Award for Best Film | Nominated | ||
1976 | Barry Lyndon | BAFTA Award for Best Direction | Won |
BAFTA Award for Best Film | Nominated | ||
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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.[8] Kubrick received no awards from six nominations.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1961 | Spartacus | Golden Globe Award for Best Director | Nominated |
1963 | Lolita | Nominated | |
1972 | A Clockwork Orange | Nominated | |
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated | ||
1975 | Barry Lyndon | Golden Globe Award for Best Director | Nominated |
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated |
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.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1965 | Dr. Strangelove | Best Dramatic Presentation | Won | [9] |
1969 | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Won | ||
1972 | A Clockwork Orange | Won |
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 - Catalan International Film Festival awarded him the Honorary Grand Prize for life achievement in 2008.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1955 | Killer's Kiss | Locarno International Film Festival Prize for Best Director | Won |
1962 | Lolita | Directors Guild of America's Award for Outstanding Directing | Nominated |
Golden Lion | Nominated | ||
1971 | A Clockwork Orange | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Picture | Won |
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director | Won | ||
1980 | The Shining | Saturn Award for Best Director | Nominated |
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director | Nominated |
References
- ^ "About the Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- ^ "37th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ "41st Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ "44th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ "48th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ "60th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ Newcomb, Horace (February 3, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television. Taylor & Francis. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-135-19479-6.
- ^ "History of the Golden Globes". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- ^ "The Hugo Awards: Search Results: Kubrick". The Hugo Awards. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
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- Fear and Desire (1953)
- Killer's Kiss (1955)
- The Killing (1956)
- Paths of Glory (1957)
- Spartacus (1960)
- Lolita (1962)
- Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- Barry Lyndon (1975)
- The Shining (1980)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
- Day of the Fight (1951)
- Flying Padre (1951)
- The Seafarers (1953)
- Stanley Kubrick: Drama & Shadows: Photographs 1945-1950 (2005)
- Interpretations of 2001
- Recurring cast members
- Kubrick Mons
- Kubrick stare
- CRM 114
- World Assembly of Youth (1952)
- Strangers Kiss (1983)
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
- Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
- Colour Me Kubrick (2005)
- Stanley Kubrick's Boxes (2008)
- Room 237 (2012)
- S Is for Stanley (2016)
- Filmworker (2017)
- Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
- Ruth Sobotka (second wife)
- Christiane Kubrick (third wife)
- Vivian Kubrick (daughter)
- Jan Harlan (brother-in-law)
- Anthony Frewin (personal assistant)
- Leon Vitali (personal assistant)
- Alan Conway (con-man)