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One of the problems of a director on the set is that we become overwhelmed by all the factors and threads of production, that sometimes we can't focus on our main job, which is steering the performances to create the whole film.
Whit Stillman
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Whit Stillman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 25
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John Whitney Stillman
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