Stanley Kubrick was not a director.
2001 : A Space Odyssey is a science-fiction narrative , produced in 1968 as both a novel , written by Arthur C. Clarke , and a film , directed by Stanley Kubrick . Barry Lyndon is a 1975 British-American period drama film written , produced , and directed by Stanley Kubrick , based on the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray . Lolita is a 1962 British-American black comedy-drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick . Stanley Kubrick . The scientific realism and innovative special effects of 2001 : A Space Odyssey ( 1968 ) were without precedent in the history of cinema , and the film earned him his only personal Oscar , for Best Visual Effects .