Whit Stillman was born in 1952 and raised in Cornwall in upstate New York, the son of a impoverished débutante from Philadelphia and a Democratic politician from Washington D.C. Stillman graduated from Harvard in 1973 and started out as a journalist in Manhattan, New York City. In 1980 he met and married his Spanish wife while on an assignment in ...
One of the downsides of money is if there's no money there are very few real jerks who are attached to your project. And if there is money you do attract some very difficult unhelpful people.
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Oddly in a sense I still have more confidence as a director than my ability as a writer. Somehow directing is just really easy. It's just about being really honest about how you feel about what you're seeing. Essentially if you're a good television zapper and you bring that consciousness to the set and you're perfectly honest when what you're watching is not what you want or it is what you want. You're going to switch the channel or keep the channel. Somehow it all just seemed to come together.
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So much of selling a film in the industry is about creating a fulcrum where all the pressure comes to bear and something seems suddenly valuable and approved by an audience. It's amazing how people could pick up tons of films on the cheap but they don't because they wait until everything is laid out for them.
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A lot of people in the film industry are fatalists who think a worthwhile film will always achieve its destiny and the films that aren't worthwhile won't. It's all sort of pre-determined, etc. And I don't think that's true at all.
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Fact
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Whit Stillman was an editorial assistant at Doubleday and a junior editor at The American Spectator. He wrote for The Harvard Crimson, The Wall Street Journal, Harper's, The Guardian, Vogue... His first novel "The Last Days of Dusco, with Cocktails at Petrossian Afterward" was awarded the 2014 Fitzgerald Award.
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Resides in France since the late 1990s. [July 2009]
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Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Love & Friendship
2016
The Cosmopolitans
2014
TV Series 1 episode
Damsels in Distress
2011
The Last Days of Disco
1998
Homicide: Life on the Street
1996
TV Series 1 episode
Barcelona
1994
Metropolitan
1990
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Love & Friendship
2016
The Cosmopolitans
2014
TV Series 1 episode
Damsels in Distress
2011
screenplay
The Last Days of Disco
1998
written by
Barcelona
1994
written by
Metropolitan
1990
written by
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Love & Friendship
2016
producer
The Cosmopolitans
2014
TV Series executive producer - 1 episode
Damsels in Distress
2011
producer
The Last Days of Disco
1998
producer
Barcelona
1994
producer
Metropolitan
1990
producer
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Imperialists Are Still Alive!
2010
Party Goer
Sal gorda
1984
Mortimer Peabody
Skyline
1984
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Turn the River
2007
very special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hatihot
2016
TV Series
Himself
Miradas 2
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself
Cinema 3
1991-2012
TV Series
Himself
Días de cine
2012
TV Series
Himself
Continuar
2012
TV Series
Himself
Girl Most Likely
2012
Himself
Made in Hollywood
2012
TV Series
Himself
The Seventh Art
2012
TV Series
Himself
Charlie Rose
1998
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Bon dia, Catalunya
1995
TV Series
Himself
Everybody Just Stay Calm
1994
Documentary
Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1994
TV Series
Himself
Cinefile: Made in the USA
1993
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1991
Independent Spirit Award
Independent Spirit Awards
Best First Feature
Metropolitan (1990)
1990
Critics Award
Deauville Film Festival
Metropolitan (1990)
1990
Coup de Coeur LTC
Deauville Film Festival
Metropolitan (1990)
1990
Silver Leopard
Locarno International Film Festival
Metropolitan (1990)
1990
NYFCC Award
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best New Director
Metropolitan (1990)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Gotham Independent Film Award
Gotham Awards
Best Screenplay
Love & Friendship (2016)
2016
Big Screen Award
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Love & Friendship (2016)
1994
Prize of the City of Torino
Torino International Festival of Young Cinema
Best Feature Film
Barcelona (1994)
1991
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
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