Whit Stillman

John Whitney " Whit " Stillman ( born January 25, 1952 in Washington, DC) is an American film director, writer and film producer who notably through his debut film Metropolitan - Damn, bourgeois, in love (1990 ) has received international recognition.

Biography

After school he studied at Harvard University, graduating in 1973 and this was then as a journalist in Manhattan, New York City, works. During a stay in Barcelona, he met his Spanish wife and married them shortly thereafter. There he met a film producer from Madrid know this and convinced them to sell their movies to Spanish-language television stations in the United States. In the following five years he worked as a sales agent in Barcelona and Madrid for the directors Fernando Trueba and Fernando Colomo and also played roles in their films, such as a comical Americans in Truebas film Sal Gorda ( 1984) or in Colomos La línea del cielo ( 1984).

Between 1984 and 1988 he worked on the screenplay for Metropolitan, while he casually ran a illustration agency in New York City. In 1990 he filmed Metropolitan and financed the film by selling his apartment for $ 50,000, and through financial contributions from friends and relatives.

The film was there, nominated to be a great success and won the Critics' Prize at the American Film Festival in Deauville, 1990, the Independent Spirit Award for the best debut film in 1990 and was also responsible for the award for the best film, but Grifters by Stephen Frears received. In addition, the film won a Silver Leopard at the International Locarno Film Festival, where he was also nominated for a Golden Leopard. In addition, Stillman was awarded the New York Film Critics Circle Award for best new director and was also nominated for the Academy Awards in 1991 for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. At the Sundance Film Festival Metropolitan was also nominated for the award for Best Drama.

In 1994 he turned his inspired by his own stay in Spain Barcelona movie, which was his first funded by a film production company at the same time. The film The Last Days of Disco (1998 ) was based on his travels and experiences in various nightclubs in Manhattan as the Studio 54

For the film, Damsels in Distress starring Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton Megalyn Echikunwoke, and which was released in theaters from September 2011, he wrote the screenplay and also led the government.