Whit StillmanAKA:
John Whitney Stillman
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American Birthdate:
01/25/1952 Birthplace:
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An American independent filmmaker, Whit Stillman established himself in the 1990s as an auteur of distinctively talky and thoughtful comedy-dramas. A child of privilege and illustrious lineage--his great-great-grandfather helped explore the Rio Grande; his financier great-grandfather helped start Citibank; his father worked in the Truman and Kennedy administrations--Stillman accepted only $2000 from his family to start out after his graduation from Harvard in 1973. Though intrigued by film and TV production, he found himself in a training program at Doubleday where he was rotated between
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Year
Milestone
Grew up in Manhattan and Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY except during Democratic administrations (when he lived in Washington, DC)
1972
Made film acting debut as an extra in "Hammersmith is Out", a Spanish production filmed in Mexico starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
1972
Left Harvard during his sophomore year to visit Mexican relatives; learned Spanish; published his first article, about political violence in Mexico, in THE VILLAGE VOICE (date approximate)
After graduating from Harvard, aspired to work in TV and film production but landed in the training program at Doubleday
Worked as editor and freelance journalist in book and magazine publishing; became acting editor at Doubleday and executive editor of a daily world news summary while writing fiction and journalism for such publications as HARPER'S, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL and VILLAGE VOICE in the late 1970s
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