Angelina Jolie is filming her new movie Stitches in Paris this month.And it is a family affair as her 23-year-old son Maddox Jolie-Pitt has been hired as the third assistant director on the film set in the world of high fashion, DailyMail.com has learned.He has already been on set with his Oscar-winning mom aiding her as she does night shoots in the rain. The son of Angelina and her ex-husband Brad Pitt has worked on films before.He was involved with his mother's projects Maria, Without Blood, By The Sea and First They Killed My Father.Maddox had enrolled in Yonsei University but appears to be spending most of his time working on films now. Maddox worked as an assistant director on this film, which is about opera singer Maria Callas's final days in 1970s Paris.Jolie, 49, is getting Oscar buzz for her role as she learned how to sing opera for the part. On 2025's Without Blood, Maddox worked as an assistant director. Jolie wrote and directed the film starring Salma Hayek.On 2017's First They Killed My Father Maddox served as an executive producer.It was based on his mother's friend Loung Ung's book about the Cambodian genocide. Maddox said he was excited to work with his mom and learn more about his birth country. Maddox worked as a trainee on the 2015 film By The Sea directed by his mother.Maddox has said that he enjoys working with his mom and that she's 'fun, funny, and easy to work with'. He's also said that he pitched in on meetings, prepped for shoots, and helped review dailies.Several of Angelina's other children have worked with her.Pax has several as a photographer on Maria. And Vivienne was a big part of bringing The Outsiders to Broadway this year. She was also in Maleficent.Zahara has also been on the set of Stitches. In the past she has worked on projects for Angie's shop Atelier Jolie. The movie Stitches is about American filmmaker Maxine (played by Jolie) who arrives in Paris for Fashion Week on a life-and-death journey.Her costar is Louis Garrel.Stitches is from director Alice Winocour and it will shoot in both French and English.It is 'set in the world of high fashion and unfolds in Paris,' according to Variety.This ties in nicely with the fashion design businesses the actress is supporting under her banner Atelier Jolie.It is under Charles Gillibert's Paris-based banner CG Cinema.
        They will produce in partnership with Zhang Xin and William Horberg of Closer Media. Jolie was last in Paris for the filming of Maria.In that movie she played the iconic Greek opera singer during her final days in the 1970s.The movie world premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was celebrated by a eight-minute standing ovation.Jolie in being talked up to be nominated for Best Actress Oscar.She won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2000 for Girl, Interrupted. She was last nominated in 2009 for The Changeling. Jolie has admitted winning an Oscar for Maria would be a bonus.The actress had the 'experience of a lifetime' starring in Pablo Larraín's biographical psychological drama about diva Maria, and although the Oscar hype is 'very nice', she feels like she has already been given 'the greatest gift' of making a movie with an 'extraordinary team of people' and anything else is a 'dream'.Asked about the Oscar buzz surrounding her film, she laughed to Best UK magazine: 'It means a lot that somebody thinks you did a good job. Right? That means everything to me.'That kind of stuff is exciting and very, very nice. But I'm just so happy we were able to do this film. I'm genuinely so happy.'I know it sounds like people say this, but really, this was an experience of a lifetime. I learned to sing and I embodied a woman that I respect. I was able to work with this extraordinary team of people. I feel like I've already been given the greatest gift.'The audience seemed to respond well to it. So, anything else is a dream, but I'm so grateful already.'

source : Daily mail