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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).