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John Whitney "Whit" Stillman (born January 25, 1952) is an American screenwriter and director who lives in Spain. He's very fond of [=WASPs=], yuppies and the like, and often makes films [[WriteWhatYouKnow based on his own experiences]]. His work has often been compared to both Creator/WoodyAllen and Creator/JaneAusten.
He originally worked as a literary editor and illustrator in New York and also got involved in importing films from Spain to America. After years of writing screenplays while working his day job, he finally secured the financing to film one of them, ''Film/{{Metropolitan}}''. A hit on the budding indie film circuit, he became a full-time filmmaker after that, though you certainly couldn't call his working pace "hectic"--he's directed just five feature films over the course of three decades. Many of his scripts are in DevelopmentHell.
He originally worked as a literary editor and illustrator in New York and also got involved in importing films from Spain to America. After years of writing screenplays while working his day job, he finally secured the financing to film one of them, ''Film/{{Metropolitan}}''. A hit on the budding indie film circuit, he became a full-time filmmaker after that, though you certainly couldn't call his working pace "hectic"--he's directed just five feature films over the course of three decades. Many of his scripts are in DevelopmentHell.
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->''"For me, the present is a golden era. That's the greatest golden era. Right now. I just like pining for lost times."''
John Whitney "Whit" Stillman (born January 25,1952) 1952 in Washington, D.C.) is an American screenwriter and director who lives in Spain. He's very fond of [=WASPs=], yuppies [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASP]]s, {{Yuppie}}s and the like, and often makes films [[WriteWhatYouKnow based on his own experiences]]. His work has often frequently been compared to with that of both Creator/WoodyAllen and Creator/JaneAusten.
He The son of Democratic politician John Sterling Stillman (who was classmates with UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy at Harvard and later served in Kennedy's commerce department), Stillman originally worked as a literary editor and illustrator in New York City and also got involved in importing films from Spain to America. After years of writing screenplays while working his day job, he finally secured the financing to film one of them, them: ''Film/{{Metropolitan}}''. A It became a hit on the budding indie film circuit, he became and led Stillman to become a full-time filmmaker after that, though filmmaker, although you certainly couldn't call his working pace "hectic"--he's "hectic"; he's directed just five feature films over the course of three decades. Many of his scripts are have languished in DevelopmentHell.
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John Whitney "Whit" Stillman (born January 25, 1952) is an American screenwriter and director who lives in Spain. He's very fond of [=WASPs=], yuppies and the like, and often makes films [[WriteWhatYouKnow based on his own experiences]], though many of his scripts are in DevelopmentHell. His protégé is Creator/NoahBaumbach.
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John Whitney "Whit" Stillman (born January 25, 1952) is an American screenwriter and director who lives in Spain. He's very fond of [=WASPs=], yuppies and the like, and often makes films [[WriteWhatYouKnow based on his own experiences]], experiences]]. His work has often been compared to both Creator/WoodyAllen and Creator/JaneAusten.
He originally worked as a literary editor and illustrator in New York, and also got involved in importing films from Spain to America. After years of writing screenplays while working his day job, he finally secured the financing to film one of them, ''Film/{{Metropolitan}}''. A hit on the budding indie film circuit, he became a full-time filmmaker after that, thoughmany you certainly couldn't call his working pace "hectic"--he's directed just five feature films over the course of three decades. Many of his scripts are in DevelopmentHell. DevelopmentHell.
His protégé is Creator/NoahBaumbach.
He originally worked as a literary editor and illustrator in New York, and also got involved in importing films from Spain to America. After years of writing screenplays while working his day job, he finally secured the financing to film one of them, ''Film/{{Metropolitan}}''. A hit on the budding indie film circuit, he became a full-time filmmaker after that, though
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John Whitney "Whit" Stillman (born January 25, 1952 1952) is an American screenwriter and director who lives in Spain. He's very fond of [=WASPs=], yuppies and the like, and often makes films [[WriteWhatYouKnow based on his own experiences]], though many of his scripts are in DevelopmentHell. His protégé is Creator/NoahBaumbach.Creator/NoahBaumbach.
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* ''[[DamselInDistress Damsels In Distress]]'' (2011) -- Three girls try to class up their trashy university, leading them to take an interest in questionable male students. An AffectionateParody of 1980s college comedies, though it's set in the present day.
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* ''TheLastDaysOfDisco'' (1998) -- A group of unlikely friends hang out at a Studio 54–type discotheque in 1980-81. The club is under investigation, and the prosecutor might be insane. The film was an obscure flop and remained so until it was [[VindicatedByCable released on DVD by the Criterion Collection 11 years later]], renewing interest in Stillman's work and encouraging him to make...
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