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Whit Stillman

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Whit Stillman
Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny, and Director Whit Stillman speak about shooting their film 'Love & Friendship.' They also reveal their favorite behind-the-scenes moments that involved castmate Steven Fry. Find out who was the biggest prankster. Plus, see how they fare in the IMDb Snow Hat game!
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Whit Stillman was born in 1952 and raised in Cornwall in upstate New York, the son of a impoverished debutante 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 Barcelona, where he was introduced to some film producers from Madrid and persuaded them that he could sell their films to Spanish-language television in the USA. He worked for the next few years in Barcelona and Madrid as a sales agent for directors Fernando Trueba and Fernando Colomo, and acting in their films playing comic Americans as in Trueba's Sal Gorda.

Stillman wrote the screenplay for Metropolitan (1990) between 1984 and 1988 while running an illustrating agency in New York and financed the film from the proceeds of selling his apartment for $50,000 as well as contributions from friends and relatives. Barcelona (1994) was inspired by his own experiences in Spain during the early 1980's, which was his first studio financed film. For The Last Days of Disco (1998) was loosely based on his travels and experiences in various nightclubs in Manhattan, and possibly at the Studio 54.
BornJanuary 25, 1952
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BornJanuary 25, 1952
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 10 wins & 26 nominations total

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    Known for

    Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, and Xavier Samuel in Love & Friendship (2016)
    Love & Friendship
    6.4
    • Director
    • 2016
    Metropolitan (1990)
    Metropolitan
    7.3
    • Director
    • 1990
    Chris Eigeman, Tushka Bergen, and Taylor Nichols in Barcelona (1994)
    Barcelona
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1994
    Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny in Les derniers jours du disco (1998)
    Les derniers jours du disco
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1998

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    Director



    • The Splendid Affinities
      • Director
      • TV Series



    • Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, and Xavier Samuel in Love & Friendship (2016)
      Love & Friendship
      6.4
      • Director
      • 2016
    • The Cosmopolitans (2014)
      The Cosmopolitans
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Megalyn Echikunwoke, Greta Gerwig, and Lio Tipton in Damsels in Distress (2011)
      Damsels in Distress
      5.8
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny in Les derniers jours du disco (1998)
      Les derniers jours du disco
      6.7
      • Director
      • 1998
    • Michelle Forbes, Yaphet Kotto, Max Perlich, Kyle Secor, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Clark Johnson, and Melissa Leo in Homicide (1993)
      Homicide
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1996
    • Chris Eigeman, Tushka Bergen, and Taylor Nichols in Barcelona (1994)
      Barcelona
      7.0
      • Director
      • 1994
    • Metropolitan (1990)
      Metropolitan
      7.3
      • Director
      • 1990

    Writer



    • Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, and Xavier Samuel in Love & Friendship (2016)
      Love & Friendship
      6.4
      • written by
      • 2016
    • The Cosmopolitans (2014)
      The Cosmopolitans
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • Megalyn Echikunwoke, Greta Gerwig, and Lio Tipton in Damsels in Distress (2011)
      Damsels in Distress
      5.8
      • screenplay
      • 2011
    • Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny in Les derniers jours du disco (1998)
      Les derniers jours du disco
      6.7
      • written by
      • 1998
    • Chris Eigeman, Tushka Bergen, and Taylor Nichols in Barcelona (1994)
      Barcelona
      7.0
      • written by
      • 1994
    • Metropolitan (1990)
      Metropolitan
      7.3
      • written by
      • 1990

    Actor



    • Francesca Root-Dodson, Sophia Robert, and Fiona Robert in A New York Story (2024)
      A New York Story
      3.9
      • Leonard Wilson
      • 2024
    • Javier Cámara, Nicolás Reyes Cano, and Luciana Echeverry in L'oubli que nous serons (2020)
      L'oubli que nous serons
      7.2
      • Dr. Richard Saunders
      • 2020
    • Matt Dillon, Annette Bening, Kristen Wiig, and Darren Criss in Imogene (2012)
      Imogene
      5.7
      • Whit Stillman
      • 2012
    • The Imperialists Are Still Alive! (2010)
      The Imperialists Are Still Alive!
      5.8
      • Party Goer
      • 2010
    • Sal gorda (1984)
      Sal gorda
      5.1
      • Mortimer Peabody
      • 1984
    • La línea del cielo (1983)
      La línea del cielo
      5.9
      • Thornton
      • 1983

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      • January 25, 1952
      • Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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      Resides in France since the late 1990s.
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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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        Frequently casts Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols

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