Equally at home directing comedy or drama, Chris and Ben Blaine are masters of tone, able to move effortlessly from hilarious to heartbreaking and back. They directed Sara Pascoe’s OUT OF HER MIND for BBC2 and Sony TV through Simon Pegg’s Stolen Picture. Their debut feature, a “f***ed up fairytale” called NINA FOREVER premiered at SXSW before being picked up for distribution by StudioCanal, going on to win a BIFA amongst many other awards, prompting Variety to say it “shows the Blaines as talents not just to watch but also to promote.”
Passionate champions of unheard voices, their latest short WOLF, which premiered at BFI FLARE, showcases new writer Laura McGrady, adding to the Blaine’s long list of acclaimed shorts including BIFA nominated 0507 with Cariad Lloyd, FREE SPEECH with Danny Dyer and the cult film HALLO PANDA for FILM4 which starred Benedict Wong as a bear.
Working in both film and tv they are currently developing projects with JEVA FILMS and BLUEBIRD PRODUCTIONS as well as continuing direct and edit for other people including Matt Lucas’ FANTASY FOOTBALL for SKY TV and CINEMA AUTISMA for SENSORSHOT PRODUCTIONS with Elijah Wood’s SPECTREVISION.