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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 20 companies in 16 countries, operating under seven brands. [1] [3]
Companies in the group have produced films such as Casino Royale , Mission Impossible 4 , Chronicles of Narnia and The Bourne Identity ; [4] music videos for Beyonce, Kanye West, David Bowie and Madonna.; [5] and commercials for clients including Adidas, [6] Google, [7] Guinness and Audi. [4]
In 2000, The Hollywood Reporter named Stillman in its International Power 50 list of the fifty "biggest power players" in global entertainment and media. [8]
Stillman grew up in Richmond, south-west London. [9] His father imported products from China, while his mother worked for Air France at Heathrow Airport. [9] He has two siblings. [9] He was educated at University College School, and the University of Sussex, where he studied politics, graduating in 1991. [10] [9]
After unsuccessfully trying to break into the film industry in London, Stillman visited Prague in 1992 [11] [12] with a friend, Nick Spikings, [9] 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, [13] 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. [12]
Stillman won Stillking's first business working on a music video for k.d. lang, [12] then produced a TV commercial for Dentsu. [13] 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. [13]
By 1995, Stillking was working on around ninety commercials a year. [14] Film-makers were coming to Prague in large numbers, attracted by the combination of low costs, attractive locations and high production standards, [15] [16] and over the next decade the company thrived [17] and expanded. [18] Offices were in due course opened in Warsaw, London, Budapest (Pioneer Stillking), [14] Bucharest (Icon Stillking), [19] Milan, [20] Barcelona, Cape Town and Santiago de Chile. [21] [22] By 1999 the company was turning over around $20m a year [8] and by 2002 about $168m. [23]
In 1995, Stillking made its first network mini-series: The Ring , for NBC, starring Nastassja Kinski, was released in 1996. [24] 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. [25]
The company has become one of Europe's most significant production entities, participating in over 150 film and TV projects, including Casino Royale, The Bourne Identity, Van Helsing , Red Sparrow , Wanted , Carnival Row and The Witcher . [26]
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 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. [8]
In 1997, Stillking combined with the production company Blink Ltd to create Stink, a London-based venture that produces TV commercials. [27] [28] 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. [29] Its clients have included Honda, [30] Gucci, [31] Apple, [32] Nike [33] and Facebook. [7]
In 2014 the Stillking Films holding company was renamed 2020 Group. [34] The group, which is sometimes referred to as 2020 Content, [1] now has 20 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 a director of On The Corner Films, [35] a company specializing in documentaries and factual entertainment, [36] with Asif Karpadia and James Gay Rees. [35] Its productions include Diego Maradona (2019). [37]
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 , [38] [39] and announced a collaboration with David Carver to produce The Place I Belong, a biopic of the golfer Moe Norman. [40]
Stillman is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta). [41] He is a member of Founders Forum, the community for global entrepreneurs, CEOs, and investors in the digital, media and technology sectors. [42]
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. [43]
In 2000 The Hollywood Reporter named Stillman in its International Power 50 list of the "biggest power players" in global entertainment and media. [8]
Year | Title | Company |
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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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2020 | The North Water | TV mini-series | Pioneer Stillking, Budapest |
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 [51] who is sister of the actress Minnie Driver. They live in London. [52]
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". [53] Stillman is a director of the Czech cancer charity, the Pink Bubble Foundation. [54]
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