Pairography

Pair · Actor and director

Stanley Kubrick made The Shining with Jack Nicholson

Stanley Kubrick directed Jack Nicholson in The Shining (1980).

Although he garnered no Academy Award for Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining (1980), his role in the film as writer Jack Torrance remains one of his more significant.

Jack Nicholson · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0

British actors David Hemmings and Ian Holm were considered for the lead role of Napoleon, before Jack Nicholson was cast.

Stanley Kubrick · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0

Stanley Kubrick

1928–1999
  • Director

American director, born in The Bronx. Won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction. Nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

  • Actor and director

American actor and director, born in Neptune City. Won the Cannes Best Actor Award, the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and five other major prizes.

The film

By release year
  1. 1980 · Psychological thriller, Mystery · 144 min · United Kingdom, United States

    The Shining

    Stanley Kubrick: director · Jack Nicholson: actor

    Music: Wendy Carlos

    Camera: John Alcott

    Written by: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson

    Produced by: Stanley Kubrick

Worked with both