Stanley Kubrick never directed.
2001 : A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science-fiction film produced and 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 . 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 . The Killing is a 1956 film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and produced by James B. Harris .