Blank Co

Blank Co is a production company representing exceptional Film Directors, Creative Directors, and AI Creatives. We tailor the right team for your needs and deliver across all scales from single pieces of content to full integrated campaigns.

We’re flexible, fast-moving, and dedicated to stretching your budget further.

Ricky Allen

Ricky Allen

Ricky Allen is an award-winning comedy writer and director who turns the quiet, bizarre rhythms of everyday British life into the absurd. From a young age he found comfort in TV shows like Father Ted and Spaced. These early obsessions transported him away from the monotony of eating mince every night, being asked if Ricky is short for Richard (it's not) and waiting for the dial-up modem to connect. He cut his teeth as the in-house video director at Sony Music's 4th Floor Creative, working alongside all the major labels to create work for Demi Lovato, Little Mix, Nothing But Thieves, Nitin Sawhney and filmed live sessions for Channel 4's Sunday Brunch, Later... with Jools Holland and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. It wasn't long after his stint at Sony that Ricky realised his passion for writing and directing comedy, where he won a YDA at Cannes for his short Death Wish, before going onto win the Shiny Award for his commercial Show Us Your [Buzz] Ballz, featuring Harry Redknapp. Currently, Ricky has just finished writing a six-part vertical comedy series called First in the World, is in the middle of a T.V. pilot rewrite about dysfunctional women's choir and is about to film a micro short.

(About us)

Blank Co is a next-generation production company built to turn bold ideas into powerful marketing. We don’t rely on rosters or rigid structures. We pick the best creative and production talent for every brief. The result? Unmatched flexibility, speed, and quality.

Samantha Chitty

Sam has spent 20 years in the advertising and film industry, across commercials, features, events and music videos. Starting on the reception desk of Academy films, becoming Jon Glazer’s PA and then working in production before going freelance. Since then she has produced for various companies and directors including Daniel Wolfe, Ninian Doff and James Gray. She worked on a Louis Vuitton exhibition at the Louvre and the Tom Ford London fashion show. In 2013 she Line produced a feature, ‘The Goob’, that won best achievement in Production at the British Independent Film Awards and premiered at the Venice Film Festival. She produced a feature film ‘Tides’ which premiered at the BFI Film Festival and was recently admitted into their National Archive. In 2017 she joined Biscuit Filmworks where she spent 7 years as Head of Production and then Executive Producer working with acclaimed directors such as Jeff Low, Steve Rogers and Molly Manners. During her tenure, Biscuit won Production Company of the Year twice at the British Television Advertising Awards.

(Samantha Chitty, She/Her)

Founder/EP

Matthew Stillman

Matthew Stillman is a British entrepreneur and film producer. He is the founder and CEO of 2020 Content, one of the largest private companies in film, television and advertising. The group oversees a collection of more than 20 portfolio companies, across 16 countries. Stillman’s companies have been involved in over 150 projects, including some of the most successful franchises in cinema. The group has a formidable presence in the commercial world, earning top honors such as Global Company of the Year and over 100 Cannes Lions, including a Grand Prix. In 2018, Stillman launched Illuminated Content in collaboration with actor Liev Schreiber. The venture focuses on developing, financing and producing television and movie projects. Stillman is also a director and investor in On The Corner Films and Box To Box Films, the companies behind the acclaimed Drive to Survive series. Stillman is a member of BAFTA and the Founders Forum. He serves as a director of the Pink Bubble Foundation, a charity dedicated to supporting children with cancer.

(Matthew Stillman, He/Him)

Founder/CEO

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  • Meta
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  • PETA
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  • Uber
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  • Winsor & Newton

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