Arthur C Clarke with Stanley Kubrick.

Arthur C Clarke with Stanley Kubrick, late 1960s. This half-length portrait depicts the two men standing on the set of the clasic science fiction film '2001: A Space Odysey'. The film was based on a story by Clarke and directed by Kubrick (b 1928), an American film director. Arthur Charles Clarke (b 1917) became a leading science fiction writer following a period of work in scientific research.