The exhibition is additionally supported by artist Christiane Kubrick, the director’s wife of 41 years, who will be lending a portrait entitled “Remembering Stanley” especially for the show, and Jan Harlan, Kubrick’s Executive Producer for 28 years.  It is also endorsed by Warner Bros. Pictures, who collaborated with Kubrick on all his films since 1971.

Kubrick began making films at the age of 25, with his first big feature The Killing in 1956.  Over the following four decades, he directed cinema classics including Dr Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut.  He did not allow himself to be controlled by the Hollywood studios, therefore delivering films of pertinence and power, sometimes of controversy and always of originality across genres, inspiring future generations of film makers and artists alike.