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Matthew Stillman | |
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Born | 28 September 1967 London, England |
Education | University College School, London; Sussex University (UK) |
Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur and film producer |
Spouse | Kate Driver |
Matthew Stillman (born September 28, 1967) is a British entrepreneur , CEO and founder of 2020 Group (also known as 2020 Content) and film producer . [1] [2] [3] The group owns over 30 companies in 16 countries, operating under 10 brands. [1] [3]
Companies in the group have produced films such as Maria , Poor Things , Casino Royale , Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol , Chronicles of Narnia and The Bourne Identity ; [4] series such as Wheel of Time , Interview with the Vampire , Dune: The Prophecy and Wednesday ; music videos for Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion, Thom Yorke, Kanye West, David Bowie and Madonna.; [5] and commercials for clients including Adidas, [6] Google, [7] Guinness, Apple and Audi. [4]
Wednesday, produced by the Stillking Icon team in Romania, became the most-watched Netflix series in its first week [8] and went on to win four Primetime Emmys [9] and Poor Things, produced in Budapest by Pioneer Stillking, won four Oscars, two Golden Globes, and five BAFTAs, among other awards.
In 2000, The Hollywood Reporter named Stillman in its International Power 50 list of the fifty "biggest power players" in global entertainment and media. [10]
Stillman grew up in Richmond, south-west London. [11] His father imported products from China, while his mother worked for Air France at Heathrow Airport. [11] He has two siblings. [11] He was educated at University College School, and the University of Sussex, where he studied politics, graduating in 1991. [12] [11]
After unsuccessfully trying to break into the film industry in London, Stillman visited Prague in 1992 [13] [14] with a friend, Nick Spikings, [11] to explore the possibility of setting up a production company in the city. Beginning with "$500 and a typewriter" and renting an office at Barrandov Studios for $150 a month, [15] the two friends set up a company called Stillking. They then started a nightclub, Ubiquity, to provide cash flow over the company's first summer. [14]
Stillman won Stillking's first business working on a music video for k.d. lang, [14] then produced a TV commercial for Dentsu. [15] More work on TV commercials followed. In 1994, Stillman chose an unknown Czech film student, Ivan Zachariáš, to make a film about UN peacekeepers for a 50th-anniversary commercial for the UN. The project marked a breakthrough for both Stillking and Zachariáš. [15]
By 1995, Stillking was working on around ninety commercials a year. [16] Film-makers were coming to Prague in large numbers, attracted by the combination of low costs, attractive locations and high production standards, [17] [18] and over the next decade the company thrived [19] and expanded. [20] Offices were in due course opened in Budapest (Pioneer Stillking), [16] Bucharest (Icon Stillking), [21] , Belgrade (Stillking WIP), [22] Malaga (Anima Stillking), [19] Cape Town, Ljubljana and Mexico City. [23] [24] By 1999 the company was turning over around $20m a year [10] and by 2002 about $168m. [25]
In 1995, Stillking made its first network mini-series: The Ring , for NBC, starring Nastassja Kinski, was released in 1996. [26] The same year Stillking worked on its first feature film, Plunkett & Macleane (released 1999) with Working Title Films. [4] Stillking subsequently set up its own development arm for producing its own English-language films. [27]
The company has become one of Europe's most significant production entities, participating in over 150 film and TV projects, including Maria, Poor Things , Casino Royale , The Bourne Identity , Van Helsing , Red Sparrow , Wanted , Interview with the Vampire , Wednesday , Carnival Row and The Witcher . [28]
It has also continued to produce music videos, including work for Beyonce, Kanye West and Madonna; [5] and commercials for clients such as Guinness, Audi, Coca-Cola, Mercedes, Apple and Stella Artois. [4]
In 1997, the American heiress Elisabeth Goth purchased a minority stake in the company (reportedly 20 per cent) for an undisclosed sum. [10]
In 1997, Stillking combined with the production company Blink Ltd to create Stink, a London-based venture that produces TV commercials. [29] [30] Stink went on to receive numerous awards for its work, including more than 100 Cannes Lions, more than 50 D&AD pencils and the first ever Film Grand Prix for an interactive piece of work. [31] Its clients have included Honda, [32] Gucci, [33] Apple, [34] Nike [35] and Facebook. [7]
In 2014 the Stillking Films holding company was renamed 2020 Group. [36] The group, which is sometimes referred to as 2020 Content, [1] now has over 30 daughter companies, in 16 countries, [3] and is one of the largest private companies involved in the production of content in advertising, film and television. Stillman is founder and CEO. [3] [2]
In 2017 Stillman became an investor and director of On The Corner Films, [37] with Asif Karpadia and James Gay Rees [37] and Box To Box Films. [38] The companies specialize in documentaries and factual entertainment, [39] [40] and their award-winning productions include Diego Maradona (2019), Drive To Survive, Full Swing, Break Point, Six Nations, Surfing and Tour de France. [41] [42]
In 2024, On The Corner Films and Box To Box Films received a minority investment from Bruin Capital, an investment company focused on global sports, media and technology. [43]
In 2018, in collaboration with Liev Schreiber, Stillman launched Illuminated Content, a Gotham-based venture to develop, produce and finance TV and movie projects. [3] In 2019 the company produced Human Capital , [44] [45] and announced a collaboration with David Carver to produce The Place I Belong, a biopic of the golfer Moe Norman [46] and the documentary Meeting Zelenskyy [47] in 2024.
Stillman is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta). [48] He is a member of Founders Forum, the community for global entrepreneurs, CEOs, and investors in the digital, media and technology sectors. [49]
Stillman was one of 1,280 British business leaders who signed a letter backing Britain Stronger In Europe on the eve of the UK's 2016 referendum on EU membership. [50]
Year | Title | Company |
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2024 | Nosferatu | Stillking Prague |
2024 | Maria | Pioneer Stillking Budapest |
2024 | Better Man | Stillking WIP Belgrade |
2024 | Lee | Pioneer Stillking Budapest |
2024 | White Bird: A Wonder Story | Stillking Prague |
2024 | The Union | Stillking WIP Belgrade |
2024 | First Omen | Stillking WIP Belgrade |
2024 | Spaceman | Stillking Prague |
2024 | Tarot | Stillking WIP Belgrade |
2023 | Poor Things | Pioneer Stillking Budapest |
2023 | Fair Play | Stillking WIP Belgrade |
2023 | Extraction 2 | Stillking Prague |
2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Stillking WIP Belgrade |
2022 | Hellraiser | Stillking WIP Belgrade |
2022 | The Gray Man | Stillking Prague |
2022 | Chevalier | Stillking Prague |
2020 | Radioactive | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2020 | Harry Haft | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2020 | Voyagers | Icon Stillking, Bucharest |
2020 | Violence of Action | Icon Stillking, Bucharest |
2019 | Human Capital | Illuminated Content, New York |
2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Stillking Prague |
2019 | Diego Maradona | On The Corner Films, London |
2019 | The King | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2018 | Ophelia | Stillking Prague |
2018 | Red Sparrow | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2018 | Colette | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2017 | Interlude in Prague | Stillking Prague |
2017 | Atomic Blonde | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2016 | Underworld: Blood Wars | Stillking Prague |
2016 | Don't Breathe | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2015 | Child 44 | Stillking Prague |
2013 | Snowpiercer | Stillking Prague |
2011 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | Stillking Prague |
2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Stillking Prague |
2008 | Wanted | Stillking Prague |
2008 | Quantum of Solace | Stillking Santiago de Chile |
2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Stillking Prague |
2006 | Casino Royale | Stillking Prague |
2006 | The Illusionist | Stillking Prague |
2006 | Last Holiday | Stillking Prague |
2006 | Tristan + Isolde | Stillking Prague |
2005 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Stillking Prague |
2005 | Doom | Stillking Prague |
2005 | Kinky Boots | Stillking Miro, Milan |
2005 | Everything Is Illuminated | Stillking Prague |
2004 | AVP: Alien vs. Predator | Stillking Prague |
2004 | Van Helsing | Stillking Prague |
2004 | The Prince and Me | Stillking Prague |
2004 | EuroTrip | Stillking Prague |
2003 | Shanghai Knights | Stillking Prague |
2002 | xXx | Stillking Prague |
2002 | The Bourne Identity | Stillking Prague |
2002 | Bad Company | Stillking Prague |
2001 | From Hell | Stillking Prague |
2000 | Mists of Avalon | Stillking Prague |
2000 | Dungeons & Dragons | Stillking Prague |
1999 | The Idiot Returns | Stillking Prague |
1999 | Plunkett & Macleane | Stillking Prague |
Year | Title | Type | Company |
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2024 | Interview with the Vampire | TV series (S2) | Stillking Prague |
2024 | We Were The Lucky Ones | TV mini-series | Icon Stillking Romania |
2024 | Dune: The Prophecy | TV series | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2024 | Shardlake | TV series | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2023 | All The Light We Cannot See | TV mini-series | Pioneer Stillking Budapest |
2023 | The Continental | TV mini-series | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2023 | A Small Light | TV mini-series | Stillking Prague |
2022 | Wednesday | TV series | Icon Stillking Romania |
2024-2025 | Wheel of Time | TV series (S3) | Stillking Prague |
2021-2024 | FBI International | TV series (S1-4) | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2021 | Hunters | TV series (S2) | Stillking Prague |
2018-2023 | Das Boot | TV series (S1-4) | Stillking Prague |
2019 | Miracle Workers | TV series – involved in 1 episode | Stillking Prague |
2019 | The Witcher | TV series | Stillking Prague |
2019 | Whiskey Cavalier | TV series - 13 episodes | Stillking Prague |
2019 | Carnival Row | TV series - 6 episodes | Stillking Prague |
2019 | Treadstone | TV series | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2018 | Das Boot | TV series - 9 episodes | Stillking Prague |
2018 | The Romanoffs | TV series - 1 episode | Icon Stillking, Bucharest |
2017-2019 | Knightfall | TV series - 15 episodes | Stillking Prague |
2017 | Genius | TV series - 10 episodes | Stillking Prague |
2016-2017 | Mars | TV series - 4 episodes | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2016-2017 | Maigret | TV series - 4 episodes | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2016 | Spark | TV series | Stillking Prague |
2015 | Legends | TV series – 10 episodes | Stillking Prague |
2015 | Sons of Liberty | TV mini-series | Icon Stillking, Bucharest |
2014 | Houdini | TV movie & Mini-Series | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
2013-2014 | Crossing Lines | TV series - 18 episodes | Stillking Prague |
2013 | Terapie | TV series - 14 episodes | Stillking Prague |
2012 | Missing | TV series - 10 episodes | Stillking Prague |
2009 | Masterwork | TV series Pilot | Stillking Prague |
2009 | The Philanthropist | TV series - 2 episodes | Stillking Prague |
2005 | Revelations | TV mini-series - 5 episodes | Stillking Prague |
2005 | Colditz | TV movie | Stillking Prague |
2002 | Young Arthur | TV series Pilot | Stillking Prague |
1999 | Passion's Way | TV movie | Stillking Prague |
1997 | Into Thin Air: Death on Everest | TV movie | Stillking Prague |
1996 | The Ring | TV mini-series and movie | Stillking Prague |
In 2004, Stillman married Katherine Driver, a manager and producer [58] who is sister of the actress Minnie Driver. They live in London. [59]
Stillman enjoys cycling and appreciates the clothes of designers such as Acne and John Pearse. [5] The fashion website Mr Porter includes him in its Style Council, a directory of "the world’s best-connected men". [60] Stillman is a director of the children’s cancer charity, the Pink Bubble Foundation. [61]
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