Whit Stillman (born John Whitney Stillman on January 25, 1952) is an American writer-director known for his sly depictions of the "urban haute bourgeoisie" (as a character in Metropolitan terms the upper-class WASPs of the U.S. socio-cultural elite). Description above from the Wikipedia article Whit Stillman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother.
Release Date2012-09-07
Charactersd Whit Stillman
Vote Count270
Annabel, a young woman who risks being ostracized from an insular New York clique led by her socialite best friend when she falls for charming photographer Theo. Grappling with the sudden loss of her father, Annabel finds herself torn between the comfortable opulence of her upper crust circle and the vibrant ambitions of the artists downtown. As Theo introduces her to unexplored sides of the city and of herself, how far will Annabel push out of her gilded cage?
Release Date2024-09-06
Charactersd Leonard Wilson
Vote Count3
A famous composer creative in crisis and must compose a new album, but is going through a painful separation that prevents him from concentrating. In this situation, your manager will provide a time extension
Release Date1984-02-06
Charactersd Mortimer Peabody
Vote Count3
A Spaniard photographer (Antonio Resines) goes to New York in an attempt of selling his work. Despite his broken English and his shyness, he meet two editors that could be interested in publishing his pictures. However, his dreams of fame vanish when he realizes that his photographs are considered old-fashioned by the American publishers.
Release Date1984-01-26
Charactersd Thornton
Vote Count6
A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Greg Araki, Abel Ferrara, Atom Egoyan, James Gray, Robert Redford, Haskell Wexler, among many others. Co-directed by Amy Hobby. [Filmed in Pixelvision and blown-up to evocatively grainy 16mm.]
Release Date1995-01-01
Charactersd Self
Vote Count5
Comedic documentary about trials and tribulations of indie filmmaking.
Release Date1994-11-26
Charactersd Self
Vote Count1
Release Date2019-07-11
Charactersd Self
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
Release Date1993-01-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count145
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
Release Date1982-01-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count8
From Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men, handsome Reginald DeCourcy and wealthy Sir James Martin, severely complicate her plans.
Release Date2016-05-26
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count600
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
Release Date1998-05-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count218
A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the dynamic leader Violet Wister, principled Rose and sexy Heather. They welcome transfer student Lily into their group which seeks to help severely depressed students with a program of good hygiene and musical dance numbers.
Release Date2012-04-06
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count207
A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, the group of friends meet to discuss social mobility, Fourier's socialism and play bridge in their cocoon of upper-class society - until they are joined by a man with a critical view of their way of life.
Release Date1990-08-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count189
A dramatic comedy about a group of young American expats in Paris searching for love and friendship and an ocean of distance from their past.
Release Date2014-08-28
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count11
During the 1980s, uptight Ted Boynton is a salesman working in the Barcelona office of a Chicago-based company. He receives an unexpected visit from his cousin Fred, a naval officer who has come to Spain on a public relations mission for a U.S. fleet. Not exactly friends in the past, Ted and Fred strike up relationships with women in the Spanish city and experience conflicts -- Ted with his employer, and Fred with the Barcelona community.
Release Date1994-07-29
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count88
A look at the lives and loves of a group of young ex-patriates living in Paris.
Release Date2014-08-28
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
In autumn 1943—in the build-up to D-Day as South England is flooded with American soldiers—Miss Roach, a publisher’s reader bombed out of her London flat, is relieved to find lodgings outside town and start a friendship with Vicki, a vivacious German woman. But at the boarding house her life is made hell by Mr Thwaites, a preposterous bully. The arrival of happy-go-lucky American officer Lt Dayton Pike offers escape, but Vicki likes him too. An intense psychological battle begins, leading to a violent incident and a death. Guilt and a fiancé she can’t trust push Miss Roach to the limit. But a mysterious man, an eccentric boss and an otherworldly elegant hotel lead to a resolution.
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
