Person

Matthew Helderman

Production · Born 1987-07-25

Biography

Matthew Helderman is the CEO and co-founder of BondIt Media Capital and Buffalo 8. Helderman founded Buffalo 8 in 2010, while an undergrad student at Lake Forest College. Buffalo 8 has since premiered projects at Sundance, SXSW, and Berlin, as well as producing the Netflix original film "Rodney King" directed by Spike Lee and the global Netflix hit "Conversations With a Killer: Jeffrey Dahmer" directed by Emmy winner Joe Berlinger. In 2013, he co-founded BondIt Media Capital and has led BondIt in the deployment of over $250M of capital in over 400+ film, television, and media opportunities, while raising $30M of equity and debt for a partial sale to public traded Accord Financial (TSX: ACD) in addition to expanding the company's credit facility to $75M in 2020 with Texas based hedge fund Revere Capital. BondIt projects include Oscar nominated Loving Vincent, the Roland Emerich directed war epic Midway, the Indie Spirit winner The Peanut Butter Falcon, and projects Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Nicolas Cage, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson, Kevin James, Morgan Freeman, Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Smith, and Samuel L. Jackson resulting in over $500M+ of worldwide box office performances. Helderman also co-managed the acquisition of 30-year-old entertainment payroll firm, ABS Payroll in 2017 and today serves as an Executive Director, Partner, and Board Member having overseen the sale of the business to largest PEO provider in the United States, Vensure Employer Services. Helderman graduated from Lake Forest College with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, has been a featured TED speaker, profiled in the New York Times, and is a member of YPO.

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Filmography

2026Christmas at the KringlesExecutive Producer
2026Dead HowlingExecutive Producer
2026The FloristExecutive Producer
2026Watchful EyesExecutive Producer
2026Lucky StrikeExecutive Producer
2026PH-1Executive Producer
2026This Is Not a TestExecutive Producer
2026ProtectorExecutive Producer
2026Tube-E MovieExecutive Producer
2026VanishedCo-Producer
2026Blue Skies on MarsExecutive Producer
2026Night PatrolExecutive Producer
2026GiantExecutive Producer
2025Darkness of ManExecutive Producer
2025Silent Night, Deadly NightExecutive Producer
2025Hunting SeasonExecutive Producer
2025JujjiExecutive Producer
2025Thieves HighwayExecutive Producer
2025Exit ProtocolExecutive Producer
2025IntruderExecutive Producer
2025ShaktiExecutive Producer
2025Killing FaithExecutive Producer
2025Driver's EdExecutive Producer
2025The InstallationExecutive Producer
2025The Madness of David JudgeExecutive Producer
2025No Country for Old PeopleExecutive Producer
2025Off the GridExecutive Producer
2025Fall Is a Good Time to DieExecutive Producer
2025Ocean's ViewExecutive Producer
2025DiabloExecutive Producer
2025Queendom ComeExecutive Producer
2025Guns UpExecutive Producer
2025LillyExecutive Producer
2025Final RecoveryExecutive Producer
2025RustExecutive Producer
2025The RitualExecutive Producer
2025Fog of WarExecutive Producer
2025BeggarmanExecutive Producer
2025Appalachian DogExecutive Producer
2025Bob Trevino Likes ItExecutive Producer
2025LockedExecutive Producer
2025BarrenExecutive Producer
2025The Book of RavenExecutive Producer
2025Mind. Body. Money.Executive Producer
2025AlarumExecutive Producer
2025Dig Me No GraveExecutive Producer
2024The MessageExecutive Producer
2024White CrowExecutive Producer
2024Dil Rakh: Gloves of KinExecutive Producer
2024LutoExecutive Producer
2024ArmorExecutive Producer
2024Quantum SuicideExecutive Producer
2024Terrifier 3Executive Producer
2024SuccubusExecutive Producer
2024The FallExecutive Producer
2024Woman of the HourExecutive Producer
2024Bad ThingsExecutive Producer
2024Midas ManCo-Executive Producer
2024The Girl in the PoolExecutive Producer
2024DandelionExecutive Producer
2024Finger Laced CrownExecutive Producer
2024Agent ReconExecutive Producer
2024Cash OutExecutive Producer
2024Bau, Artist at WarExecutive Producer
2024Blood for DustExecutive Producer
2024DamagedExecutive Producer
2024ParachuteExecutive Producer
2024One Night in TokyoExecutive Producer
2024ParallelExecutive Producer
2024ScrambledExecutive Producer
2024Dawn DuskExecutive Producer
2024Cult KillerExecutive Producer
2023How to Ruin the HolidaysExecutive Producer
2023Due JusticeExecutive Producer
2023The Christmas ClassicExecutive Producer
2023The HiveExecutive Producer
2023Benji's HourExecutive Producer
2023UnderdevelopedExecutive Producer
2023PsychosisExecutive Producer
2023AporiaExecutive Producer
2023NicoExecutive Producer
2023Mob LandExecutive Producer
2023Til Death Do Us PartExecutive Producer
2023Fear the NightExecutive Producer
2023Confidential InformantExecutive Producer
2023SheroesExecutive Producer
202397 MinutesExecutive Producer
2023S.T.I.F.F.Executive Producer
2023One RangerExecutive Producer
2023Perfectly Good MomentExecutive Producer
2023American CherryExecutive Producer
2023SnorkelingExecutive Producer
2023The Donor PartyExecutive Producer
2023The Problem of the HeroExecutive Producer
2022High HeatExecutive Producer
2022MindcageExecutive Producer
2022TenkillerExecutive Producer
2022Paradise CityExecutive Producer
2022On the LineExecutive Producer
2022SlayersExecutive Producer
2022Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer TapesExecutive Producer
2022First Time CallerExecutive Producer
2022Immediate FamilyExecutive Producer
2022DigExecutive Producer
2022Clerks IIIExecutive Producer
2022Free Dead or AliveExecutive Producer
2022Wrong PlaceExecutive Producer
2022Hot SeatExecutive Producer
2022BlowbackExecutive Producer
2022As They Made UsExecutive Producer
2022DualExecutive Producer
2022PanamaExecutive Producer
2022Gasoline AlleyExecutive Producer
2022Safe RoomExecutive Producer
2022American SiegeExecutive Producer
2022The CommandoExecutive Producer
2022Book of LoveExecutive Producer
2021National ChampionsExecutive Producer
2021InterventionExecutive Producer
2021Castle FallsExecutive Producer
2021DeadlockExecutive Producer
2021ApexExecutive Producer
2021Ida RedExecutive Producer
2021Survive the GameExecutive Producer
2021Midnight in the SwitchgrassExecutive Producer
2021Out of DeathExecutive Producer
2021A Space in TimeCo-Executive Producer
2021Rogue HostageExecutive Producer
2021Fatal FrenemiesExecutive Producer
2021The FalloutExecutive Producer
2021Deadly Radio RomanceExecutive Producer
2021Cosmic SinExecutive Producer
2021Body BrokersExecutive Producer
2021The ReckoningExecutive Producer
2021Redemption DayExecutive Producer
2020Terror Lake DriveExecutive Producer
2020The Horror CrowdExecutive Producer
2020I Used to Go HereExecutive Producer
2020Hard KillExecutive Producer
2020The Pale DoorExecutive Producer
2020BeckyExecutive Producer
2020BecomingCo-Executive Producer
2020Intensive CareExecutive Producer
2020Hooking UpExecutive Producer
2020Revenge for DaddyExecutive Producer
2019Trauma CenterExecutive Producer
2019Beyond the LawExecutive Producer
2019After ClassExecutive Producer
2019Doctor DeathExecutive Producer
20193022Executive Producer
2019A Girl from MogadishuExecutive Producer
2019Crown VicExecutive Producer
2019Run with the HuntedExecutive Producer
2019The WeekendCo-Executive Producer
2019DeadTectivesExecutive Producer
2019Your Family or Your LifeExecutive Producer
2019Zombie Tidal WaveCo-Executive Producer
2019DrivenExecutive Producer
2019TeacherProducer
2019AwakeExecutive Producer
2019Above the ShadowsExecutive Producer
2019CryptoCo-Executive Producer
2019Fisherman's FriendsExecutive Producer
2019Sometimes Always NeverExecutive Producer
2019In Bed with a KillerExecutive Producer
2019The Final WishExecutive Producer
2019The Aspern PapersExecutive Producer
2018Bel CantoCo-Executive Producer
2018A Night to RegretExecutive Producer
2018Bronx SIUExecutive Producer
2018PatrickExecutive Producer
2018Black WaterExecutive Producer
2018All the Devil's MenExecutive Producer
2018Welcome the StrangerExecutive Producer
2017A Mother's SacrificeExecutive Producer
2017Shock and AweExecutive Producer
2017An Imperfect MurderCo-Executive Producer
2017Rodney KingExecutive Producer
2017American ViolenceExecutive Producer
2016RuptureExecutive Producer
201631Executive Producer
2016The Journey Is the DestinationExecutive Producer
2016Little MenExecutive Producer
2016On Wings of EaglesExecutive Producer
2016IsolationExecutive Producer
2016Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan HeroSupervising Producer
2015RehearsalExecutive Producer
2014The Incredible Adventure of Jojo (And His Annoying Little Sister Avila)Supervising Producer
2011The Alumni ChapterWriter
—Steven's PassExecutive Producer
—The Razor's EdgeExecutive Producer
—Dog YearsExecutive Producer
—The American SpringExecutive Producer
—The SwallowExecutive Producer
—Catching BulletsExecutive Producer
—The Night DriverExecutive Producer
—La Lucha: Getting Schooled in AmericaExecutive Producer
—Moments of YouthExecutive Producer
—PeachesExecutive Producer
—The Football MindsetExecutive Producer
—The CycleExecutive Producer
—SofiaProducer

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