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Which Oscar did Stanley Kubrick win for 2001: A Space Odyssey?
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Stanley Kubrick during the filming of Barry Lyndon (1975).
For his work on the 1968 science-fiction masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects.12
While he also received nominations for his direction and screenplay for the film, the Oscar for special effects was his only win for this project.12