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.

Tom Beard

Tom Beard

Tom Beard is a London born writer-filmmaker and photographer. His background in photography paired with an observational and intimate approach to filmmaking has culminated in a style exclusive to himself. Beard uncovers the surreal in the everyday idiosyncrasies of life. With a deep-seated (but healthy) devotion to the values and processing of film, Tom spent his teenage years touring and snapping countless defining images and record covers for the likes of Florence & the Machine, Adele, The Horrors and Jamie T. His portrait of Florence for her 2016 Album “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” earned the artist a Grammy Nomination in the artwork category. Tom’s natural transition into filmmaking and storytelling began with directing music videos for Florence, alongside artists such as Klaxons, Jessie Ware and Years and Years, translating the candidness of his subjects from his portraits into moving image. His beautiful yet provocative video with FKA Twigs “Papi Pacify” won him an MVA for Best Low Budget Video. Maintaining the distinctive aesthetic of his stills work along with his own eye for authenticity and performance, Tom has also gone on to create successful commercial campaigns for the NHS Give Blood, Cancer Research, Topman, Diesel and Birdseye, among others. Alongside his commercial and music video work, Tom had been writing and directing shorts which caught the eye of Creative England and BFi who commissioned Tom to write and direct his first feature, ‘Two for Joy’. A coming of age drama, dealing with issues facing Young Carers and mental health. The film premiered in competition at Edinburgh Film Festival and scooped the FIPRESCI Jury award at Festival del Cinema Europeo - Lecce, “For the convincing display of the shattering of domestic circumstances following in the footsteps of the strong British social realist cinema, performed by a flawless cast”. Tom has developed Rest and Be Thankful with Lee Magiday and the support of Film 4 - and has a handful of other feature projects in early stage development with Sleeper Films, 42 and his own production company Barbed Films.

(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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