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

Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American filmmaker and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Stanley Kubrick filmography, his films were nearly all adaptations of novels or sho ...

Early life

Vivian Vanessa Kubrick was born on August 5, 1960, to filmmaker

and German-born actress

Christiane Kubrick Christiane Susanne Kubrick (née Harlan; born 10 May 1932) is a German actress and painter. She was born into a theatrical family (her uncle was the film director Veit Harlan), and was the wife of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick from 1958 until his d ...

(née Harlan). She had an elder sister, Anya, born April 6, 1959, and an elder half-sister, Katharina, from her mother's first marriage.

Career

Kubrick made appearances in four of her father's films: as Dr. Floyd's daughter, nicknamed "Squirt", in '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968), as a guest at Bryan's birthday party in ''

Barry Lyndon ''Barry Lyndon'' is a 1975 epic historical drama film written, directed, and produced by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1844 novel '' The Luck of Barry Lyndon'' by William Makepeace Thackeray. Narrated by Michael Hordern, and starring Ryan O'N ...

'' (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 ''Full Metal Jacket'' is a 1987 war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay he co-wrote with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. The film is based on Hasford's 1979 autobiographical novel '' The Short-Timers''. It stars ...

'' (1987). At age 17, Kubrick directed and filmed a 35-minute documentary for the

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, ''The Making of The Shining'', which was edited by Gordon Stainforth and had some footage removed by Stanley Kubrick. After the release of the documentary in 1980, it became popular on the Kubrick fan

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s of ''The Shining''. Kubrick supervised and composed the score to ''Full Metal Jacket'', using the pseudonym Abigail Mead. In 1986, she shot footage for a documentary on the making of the film, but it was not completed. Some of the footage was included in the 2001 documentary '' Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures''. 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 Keir Atwood Dullea ( ; born May 30, 1936) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' and its 1984 sequel, '' 2010: The Year We Make Contact''. His other film rol ...

, Daniel Richter, and

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. She accepted the Society's Legendaire Award on behalf of her father. In 2016, Kubrick published an open letter on Twitter denying the conspiracy theory that suggests her father helped fake the

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Moon landing, referring to the allegation as a "grotesque lie". In 2016, she also tweeted an open letter to

Dr. Phil Phillip Calvin McGraw (born September 1, 1950), also known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality and author who is best known for hosting the talk show '' Dr. Phil''. He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, though he ceased ...

, after his famous 2016 interview with

Shelley Duvall Shelley Alexis Duvall (July 7, 1949 – July 11, 2024) was an American actress and producer. She is known for her distinctive screen presence, her portrayals of eccentric characters, and her later productions in children's programming. Her acco ...

in which Duvall’s mental health symptoms were broadcast live. Kubrick stated, addressing Dr Phil "Your exploitive use of Shelly Duvall is a form of LURID ENTERTAINMENT and is shameful". She started a crowdfunding campaign for Duvall.

Filmography

Personal life

In 1995, Kubrick became a

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. In a 2010 interview with ''

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'', her mother said she "lost" her daughter to the religion.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kubrick, Vivian 1960 births Living people American people of Austrian-Jewish descent American people of German descent American people of Romanian-Jewish descent American people of Polish-Jewish descent American child actresses American Scientologists Women film score composers Jewish American actresses 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Los Angeles Stanley Kubrick Film directors from Los Angeles 20th-century American musicians Jewish American film people