Ben Stillman

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Ben Stillman
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • Vice president of Black Bear Pictures
Notable work The Imitation Game , Gold

Ben Stillman is an American film producer. Stillman assisted in the development of the Oscar-winning film The Imitation Game in 2014. [1] [2] He has produced four films including Broken City, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival, and Gold (2016) starring Matthew McConaughey in 2016. Stillman is vice president of Black Bear Pictures. [2] [3]

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Career

In 2011, Black Bear Pictures was established and Stillman joined the company as creative executive after leaving Cinetic International. Stillman was associate producer of At Any Price in 2012. He was named vice president of Black Bear Pictures in 2013. He co-produced A.C.O.D. starring Adam Scott, as well as Broken City, starring Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe, in 2013. [1] [3] [4] He was executive producer of Gold, a drama-thriller film about the search for gold in the jungles of Indonesia that was scheduled to be released in 2016. [2] [5]

Filmography

He was producer for all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

YearFilmCredit
2012 At Any Price Associate producer
2013 Broken City Co-producer
A.C.O.D. Co-producer
2016 Barry
Gold Executive producer
2018 The Happytime Murders Executive producer
Ben Is Back Executive producer
2019 Light of My Life Executive producer
The Operative Executive producer
Our Friend Executive producer
2020 I Carry You with Me Executive producer
The Rental
I Care a Lot
Little Fish Executive producer
2022 Memory Executive producer
2023 Somebody I Used to Know
Miscellaneous crew
YearFilmRole
2013 A.C.O.D. Vice president: Black Bear Pictures
2014 The Imitation Game

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