Whit Stillman

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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 ... See full bio »

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Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 24 nominations. See more awards »

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Metropolitan
Metropolitan Director
(1990)
Love & Friendship
Love & Friendship Director
(2016)
Barcelona
Barcelona Director
(1994)
The Last Days of Disco
The Last Days of Disco Director
(1998)
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 2014 The Cosmopolitans (TV Movie)
 1996 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Heart of a Saturday Night (1996)
 1994 Barcelona
 1990 Metropolitan
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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. ... See more »

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Resides in France since the late 1990s. See more »

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