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Stanley Kubrick was born in the Bronx, New York on July 26, 1928 to Jacques Kubrick, a doctor, and his wife Sadie.

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The Kubricks were Jewish and of Central European origin, but Stanley and his younger sister, Barbara, did not have a religious upbringing. Kubrick became interested in photography at the age of 13 when his father gave him a Graflex camera.

As a young teen, Kubrick was also interested in jazz drumming and chess. He did poorly in high school, even though he was very smart and curious; he often skipped school to go see double features.

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He excelled at science, but his overall grades were so low that they ruled out the possibility of college. Instead, he became a freelance photographer for Look magazine.

Kubrick married his high school sweetheart, Toba Metz, at the age of 18.

He soon was promoted to staff photographer at Look and was traveling around the country, gaining a reputation as one of the ma