Vivian Kubrick

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Vivian Kubrick
Born
Vivian Vanessa Kubrick

(1960-08-05) August 5, 1960 (age 63) [1] : 42  [2]
Los Angeles, California, U.S. [1]
Other namesAbigail Mead [1] : 88 
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, composer
Parents

Vivian Vanessa Kubrick (born August 5, 1960), also credited under the pseudonym Abigail Mead, is an American filmmaker and composer. She is the daughter of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick.

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Early life

Vivian Vanessa Kubrick was born on August 5, 1960, to filmmaker Stanley Kubrick and German-born actress Christiane Kubrick (née Harlan). She had an elder sister, Anya, born April 6, 1959, and an elder half-sister, Katharina, from her mother's first marriage. [1] : 42  Her father's family is Jewish. [3]

Career

Kubrick made appearances in four of her father's films: as Dr. Floyd's daughter, nicknamed "Squirt", in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), [4] [5] as a guest at Bryan's birthday party in Barry Lyndon (1975), as a guest on a ballroom couch in The Shining (1980), and as a news camera operator at the site of a mass grave depicted in Full Metal Jacket (1987). [6] : 227  [7]

At age 17, Kubrick directed and filmed a 35-minute documentary for the BBC, The Making of The Shining, [8] [9] which was edited by Gordon Stainforth and had some footage removed by Stanley Kubrick. [6] : 215–216  After the release of the documentary in 1980, it became popular on the Kubrick fan site alt.movies.kubrick (amk) [10] and distributed on DVDs of The Shining. [11] In 2019, Alice Vincent wrote in The Telegraph that the film confirmed "her father deliberately mistreated [Shelley] Duvall, belittling her ideas and shutting her down while treating her co-star, Jack Nicholson, as an equal." [12] According to Elizabeth Jean Hornbeck, writing in Feminist Studies in 2016, "Kubrick bullied Duvall into a near emotional breakdown, which took a toll on her health", some of which is documented in the film. [13] According to Geoffrey Macnab, writing in The Independent in 2020, in the film, "Depending on your point of view, he is either bullying her or using sly, intimidatory tactics to goad the performance he wants out of her." [14] In 2022, the 1981 Razzies nomination for "Worst Actress" given to Shelley Duvall for The Shining was rescinded based in part on footage from the documentary that depicts how Stanley Kubrick treated Duvall on set. [15]

Kubrick supervised and composed the score to Full Metal Jacket, [16] using the pseudonym Abigail Mead. [17] [18] In 1986, she shot footage for a documentary on the making of the film, but it was not completed. [19] [20] Some of the footage was included in the 2001 documentary Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures . [20]

In October 2008, Kubrick attended a 40th anniversary screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey sponsored by the Jules Verne Society, along with actors Keir Dullea, Daniel Richter, and Malcolm McDowell. She accepted the Society's Legendaire Award on behalf of her father. [21]

In 2016, Kubrick published an open letter on Twitter denying the conspiracy theory that suggests her father helped fake the Apollo 11 Moon landing, referring to the allegation as a "grotesque lie." [22] [23] In 2016, she also Tweeted an open letter to Dr. Phil, after his 2016 interview with Shelley Duvall, stating "Your exploitive use of Shelly Duvall is a form of LURID ENTERTAINMENT and is shameful". [24] She started a crowd-funding campaign for Duvall. [12] [25]

Filmography

YearFilmFunctioned asNotes
DirectorComposerActressEditor
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey YesRole; as Heywood Floyd's daughter [26]
1975 Barry Lyndon YesRoles; as dancer, banquet guest, magic show spectator
1980 The Shining YesRole; as Ballroom party guest
Making ‘The Shining’YesDocumentary
1986Shooting 'Full Metal Jacket'YesYes
1987 Full Metal Jacket YesYesCredited as Abigail Mead

Uncredited role as News Camerawoman

1999The Mao GameYes [7]
1999 Eyes Wide Shut Score unused in final film [7]
2001First KillYes

Personal life

In 1995, Kubrick became a Scientologist. [27] [28]

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