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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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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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Kate Beckinsale, Whit Stillman, and Katie Holly in Love & Friendship (2016)
Whit Stillman in Love & Friendship (2016)
Whit Stillman in Love & Friendship (2016)
Whit Stillman in Damsels in Distress (2011)
Whit Stillman and Thomas Edmon in The Last Days of Disco (1998)
Kate Beckinsale, Whit Stillman, and Lindsey Vonn at an event for Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Kate Beckinsale and Whit Stillman at an event for Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Whit Stillman
Whit Stillman
Kate Beckinsale and Whit Stillman at an event for Love & Friendship (2016)
Kate Beckinsale and Whit Stillman at an event for Love & Friendship (2016)

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Metropolitan (1990)
Metropolitan
7.3
  • Director
  • 1990
Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Tom Bennett, and Xavier Samuel in Love & Friendship (2016)
Love & Friendship
6.4
  • Director
  • 2016
Chris Eigeman, Tushka Bergen, and Taylor Nichols in Barcelona (1994)
Barcelona
7.0
  • Director
  • 1994
Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny in The Last Days of Disco (1998)
The Last Days of Disco
6.7
  • Director
  • 1998

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Director

  • Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Tom Bennett, and Xavier Samuel in Love & Friendship (2016)
    Love & Friendship
  • The Cosmopolitans (2014)
    The Cosmopolitans
  • Damsels in Distress (2011)
    Damsels in Distress
  • Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny in The Last Days of Disco (1998)
    The Last Days of Disco
  • Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
    Homicide: Life on the Street
  • Chris Eigeman, Tushka Bergen, and Taylor Nichols in Barcelona (1994)
    Barcelona
  • Metropolitan (1990)
    Metropolitan

Writer

  • Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Tom Bennett, and Xavier Samuel in Love & Friendship (2016)
    Love & Friendship
  • The Cosmopolitans (2014)
    The Cosmopolitans
  • Damsels in Distress (2011)
    Damsels in Distress
  • Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny in The Last Days of Disco (1998)
    The Last Days of Disco
  • Chris Eigeman, Tushka Bergen, and Taylor Nichols in Barcelona (1994)
    Barcelona
  • Metropolitan (1990)
    Metropolitan

Actor

  • A View of the World from Fifth Avenue
    • Post-production
  • Memories of My Father (2020)
    Memories of My Father
  • Matt Dillon, Annette Bening, Kristen Wiig, and Darren Criss in Girl Most Likely (2012)
    Girl Most Likely
  • The Imperialists Are Still Alive! (2010)
    The Imperialists Are Still Alive!
  • Sal gorda (1984)
    Sal gorda
  • Skyline (1983)
    Skyline
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Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny and Director Whit Stillman on 'Love & Friendship'
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Kate Beckinsale, Chloe Sevigny and Director Whit Stillman on 'Love & Friendship'

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    • January 25, 1952
    • Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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    • 4 Interviews
    • 1 Article

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    Whit Stillman was an editorial assistant at Doubleday. He also wrote for The Harvard Crimson, The Wall Street Journal, Harper's, The Guardian, Vogue... His first novel "The Last Days of Disco, With Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards" was awarded the 2014 Fitzgerald Award.
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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.
    • Frequently casts Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols

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