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Stirling Silliphant has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
Performer
Stirling Silliphant
Writer in the Nutevio catalogue.
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1955–1987
- Known for
- Writer
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Reading Stirling Silliphant
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Signature style
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Legacy
Silliphant set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Frequent collaborators
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Sylvester Stallone
Actor
2 shared titles · Over the Top
Susan Blakely
Actor
2 shared titles · Over the Top
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Wolf Rilla
Director
2 shared titles · Village of the Damned
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Ronald Kinnoch
Producer
2 shared titles · Village of the Damned
Menahem Golan
Director
2 shared titles · Over the Top
Irwin Allen
Producer
2 shared titles · The Towering Inferno
John Williams
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · The Towering Inferno
Genre profile
- Drama4
- Thriller4
- Action3
- Crime2
- Mystery1
- Science Fiction1
- Horror1
- Adventure1
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Quick facts
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1955–1987
- Titles written
- 0
- In the Nutevio catalogue
- Known for
- Writer
- wrote score
- 6.6
- Nutevio editorial metric
- Collection appearances
- 0
- Across the library
- Films rated 8+
- 0