Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick
FilmmakerKnown for:
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Shining (1980)
Education:
Self-taught; trained as staff photographer at Look magazine
Stanley Kubrick directed 13 feature films across four decades, each a meticulously controlled work in a different genre - war film, horror, science fiction, historical epic, dark comedy. He worked in England from 1961 onward, maintaining near-total control over every aspect of production. His films - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Shining (1980), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - are among the most studied in cinema history.
Stanley Kubrick's Gear List(2)
ARRI
Connection Source
YmcinemaBook
Connection note
Kubrick used Arriflex cameras extensively, including for the candlelit sequences in "Barry Lyndon" (1975) with specially adapted Zeiss lenses. His use of Arriflex equipment is documented in multiple production accounts.
Product description
The Arriflex 35 BL (Blimped Lightweight), introduced in 1972, was the first self-blimped 35mm motion picture camera quiet enough for sync-sound shooting without an external housing. Its mirror-reflex viewfinder and rugged construction made it a standard tool in European and independent filmmaking from the 1970s onward.
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Last updated March 20, 2026
