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John Whitney Stillman (born January 25, 1952) is an American writer-director and actor known for his 1990 film Metropolitan, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
- 1973–present
- John Whitney Stillman, January 25, 1952 (age 71), Washington, D.C.
Whit Stillman is an American director, writer and actor known for his witty and stylish comedies of manners. He has made eight feature films, including Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco and Love & Friendship, and has been nominated for an Oscar and won several awards.
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- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Aug 30, 2020 · Whit Stillman's Metropolitan: An Oral History of the Preppiest, WASPiest, Wittiest Comedy of Heirs. On its 30th anniversary, the doomed bourgeoisie, debutantes in distress and founding...
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Whit Stillman is a director, writer and producer of films such as Metropolitan, Barcelona and The Last Days of Disco. He was born in 1952 in Washington, D.C. and raised in Cornwall, New York. He has a degree from Harvard and a background in journalism and film sales. He lives in France since the late 1990s.
- January 25, 1952
Feb 15, 2024 · Whit Stillman is the writer/director of five films: the Oscar-nominated Metropolitan (1990), Barcelona (1994), The Last Days of Disco (1998), Damsels in Distress (2011), and the Jane Austen adaptation Love & Friendship (2015). He started out in journalism and book publishing and has written two novels related to his movies.
Whit Stillman is a filmmaker who has directed five films, including Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco and Damsels in Distress, and also wrote scripts for Homicide and The Cosmopolitans. He has also published two novels, The Last Days of Disco and Love & Friendship, and has a background in the Spanish film industry and the publishing world.
Amazon.co.uk. Trailer. The Last Days of Disco. Watch on. Press. ‘The Last Days of Disco: Interview with Whit Stillman’ by Prairie Miller for Cinema Syndicate (1998) An article by Terry Teachout originally in Civilization (1998) ‘Disco Nights of Studio 54’ by Bernard Weinraub in the New York Times (8 May 1998) ‘A Fight for the Rights to…
