The enigmatic and elusive filmmaker Stanley Kubrick has not been treated to a full-length biography in over twenty years. Stanley Kubrick: An Odyssey fills that gap. It is based on access to the latest research, especially into his archive at the University of the Arts, London, and other papers as well as new interviews with family members and those who worked with him. It offers comprehensive and in-depth coverage of Kubrick's personal, private, public, and working life. We discuss not only the making of his films, but also about those he wanted but failed to make like Burning Secret, Napoleon, Aryan Papers, and A.I. We discover what he was doing when he was not making films. This biography will puncture a few myths about this allegedly reclusive filmmaker, who created some of the most important works of art of the twentieth century

The most comprehensive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odessey, The Shining, and A Clockwork Orange.

About the Author

Robert P. Kolker earned his Ph.D. in English Literature from Columbia University. He went on to teach at New York University, the University of Maryland, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Virginia before retiring to dedicate his time to writing.
He is the author of many books, including 4 editions of A Cinema of Loneliness (Oxford)and, with Nathan Abrams, Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of his Final Film (Oxford).


Nathan Abrams was educated at Oxford and Birmingham Universities, earning a PhD in American Studies. After teaching at various institutions across the UK, he is currently a Professor of Film at Bangor University in Wales. where he lives with his two children and two dogs. Abrams is the author/editor of many books, most recently Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual (2018), Eyes Wide Shut: Stanley Kubrick and the Making of his Final Film with Robert Kolker(2019), and The Bloomsbury Companion to Stanley Kubrick with IQ Hunter (2021).

Book Information
ISBN 9780571370368
Author Robert P. Kolker
Format Hardback
Page Count 752
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber