Matthew Helderman

Born: 1987-07-25

Known For: Production

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.

Filmography

2027

Air Bud Returns ... (Co-Executive Producer)
The Strings of Life ... (Executive Producer)

2026

The Cycle ... (Executive Producer)
The Florist ... (Executive Producer)
Christmas at the Kringles ... (Executive Producer)
Lucky Strike ... (Executive Producer)
Model Citizen ... (Executive Producer)
Protector ... (Producer)
This Is Not a Test ... (Executive Producer)
Vanished ... (Co-Producer)
Night Patrol ... (Executive Producer)
Driver's Ed ... (Executive Producer)
Dead Howling ... (Executive Producer)
Giant ... (Executive Producer)
PH-1 ... (Executive Producer)
Pops ... (Executive Producer)
Don't Let Them Out ... (Executive Producer)
Watchful Eyes ... (Executive Producer)
The Swallow ... (Executive Producer)
Once Upon a Time in Jersey ... (Executive Producer)
Not A Love Story ... (Executive Producer)
The Night Driver ... (Executive Producer)
Moments of Youth ... (Executive Producer)
Facade ... (Executive Producer)
Blue Skies on Mars ... (Executive Producer)
Tube-E Movie ... (Executive Producer)

2025

Hunting Season ... (Executive Producer)
Silent Night, Deadly Night ... (Executive Producer)
Diablo ... (Executive Producer)
Alarum ... (Executive Producer)
The Ritual ... (Executive Producer)
Off the Grid ... (Executive Producer)
Exit Protocol ... (Executive Producer)
Guns Up ... (Executive Producer)
Locked ... (Executive Producer)
Thieves Highway ... (Executive Producer)
Killing Faith ... (Executive Producer)
Bob Trevino Likes It ... (Executive Producer)
Darkness of Man ... (Executive Producer)
Queendom Come ... (Executive Producer)
The Book of Raven ... (Executive Producer)
Intruder ... (Executive Producer)
Fog of War ... (Executive Producer)
No Country for Old People ... (Executive Producer)
Barren ... (Executive Producer)
The Installation ... (Executive Producer)
Mind. Body. Money. ... (Executive Producer)
The Patient ... (Executive Producer)
Water’s Edge ... (Executive Producer)
Lilly ... (Executive Producer)
The Great Departure ... (Executive Producer)
Jujji ... (Executive Producer)
The Madness of David Judge ... (Executive Producer)
Beggarman ... (Executive Producer)
Dig Me No Grave ... (Executive Producer)
Final Recovery ... (Executive Producer)
Ocean's View ... (Executive Producer)
Appalachian Dog ... (Executive Producer)
Fall Is a Good Time to Die ... (Executive Producer)
Shakti ... (Executive Producer)

2024

Terrifier 3 ... (Executive Producer)
Woman of the Hour ... (Executive Producer)
Armor ... (Executive Producer)
Succubus ... (Executive Producer)
Rust ... (Executive Producer)
Cash Out ... (Executive Producer)
Damaged ... (Executive Producer)
Parachute ... (Executive Producer)
Cult Killer ... (Executive Producer)
The Message ... (Executive Producer)
The Girl in the Pool ... (Executive Producer)
Parallel ... (Executive Producer)
Blood for Dust ... (Executive Producer)
Agent Recon ... (Executive Producer)
Midas Man ... (Co-Executive Producer)
Tie Die ... (Executive Producer)
Scrambled ... (Executive Producer)
Bau, Artist at War ... (Executive Producer)
Dandelion ... (Executive Producer)
Dil Rakh: Gloves of Kin ... (Executive Producer)
The Fall ... (Executive Producer)
Bad Things ... (Executive Producer)
One Night in Tokyo ... (Executive Producer)
White Crow ... (Executive Producer)
Quantum Suicide ... (Executive Producer)
Luto ... (Executive Producer)
Dawn Dusk ... (Executive Producer)
Finger Laced Crown ... (Executive Producer)

2023

Underdeveloped ... (Executive Producer)
97 Minutes ... (Executive Producer)
Fear the Night ... (Executive Producer)
Mob Land ... (Executive Producer)
The Donor Party ... (Executive Producer)
Due Justice ... (Executive Producer)
Confidential Informant ... (Executive Producer)
Sheroes ... (Executive Producer)
One Ranger ... (Executive Producer)
Til Death Do Us Part ... (Executive Producer)
Benji's Hour ... (Executive Producer)
How to Ruin the Holidays ... (Executive Producer)
Aporia ... (Executive Producer)
The Christmas Classic ... (Executive Producer)
The Problem of the Hero ... (Executive Producer)
American Cherry ... (Executive Producer)
S.T.I.F.F. ... (Executive Producer)
Perfectly Good Moment ... (Executive Producer)
Nico ... (Executive Producer)
Drone Games ... (Executive Producer)
Snorkeling ... (Executive Producer)
Psychosis ... (Executive Producer)
The Hive ... (Executive Producer)

2022

Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes ... (Executive Producer)
Dual ... (Executive Producer)
Paradise City ... (Executive Producer)
Panama ... (Executive Producer)
Mindcage ... (Executive Producer)
Hot Seat ... (Executive Producer)
Clerks III ... (Executive Producer)
On the Line ... (Executive Producer)
The Commando ... (Executive Producer)
Gasoline Alley ... (Executive Producer)
High Heat ... (Executive Producer)
Slayers ... (Executive Producer)
American Siege ... (Executive Producer)
Wrong Place ... (Executive Producer)
Book of Love ... (Executive Producer)
Blowback ... (Executive Producer)
As They Made Us ... (Executive Producer)
Dig ... (Executive Producer)
Free Dead or Alive ... (Executive Producer)
Safe Room ... (Executive Producer)
First Time Caller ... (Executive Producer)
Immediate Family ... (Executive Producer)
Tenkiller ... (Executive Producer)

2021

The Fallout ... (Executive Producer)
Apex ... (Executive Producer)
Cosmic Sin ... (Executive Producer)
Midnight in the Switchgrass ... (Executive Producer)
Redemption Day ... (Executive Producer)
Out of Death ... (Executive Producer)
Castle Falls ... (Executive Producer)
Survive the Game ... (Executive Producer)
Deadlock ... (Executive Producer)
Rogue Hostage ... (Executive Producer)
Body Brokers ... (Executive Producer)
Ida Red ... (Executive Producer)
The Reckoning ... (Executive Producer)
National Champions ... (Executive Producer)
Deadly Radio Romance ... (Executive Producer)
Fatal Frenemies ... (Executive Producer)
A Space in Time ... (Co-Executive Producer)
Intervention ... (Executive Producer)

2020

Becky ... (Executive Producer)
Terror Lake Drive ... (Executive Producer)
Hard Kill ... (Executive Producer)
Hooking Up ... (Executive Producer)
I Used to Go Here ... (Executive Producer)
Becoming ... (Co-Executive Producer)
The Pale Door ... (Executive Producer)
Revenge for Daddy ... (Executive Producer)
The Horror Crowd ... (Executive Producer)
Intensive Care ... (Executive Producer)

2019

Crown Vic ... (Executive Producer)
Trauma Center ... (Executive Producer)
Awake ... (Executive Producer)
Driven ... (Executive Producer)
Above the Shadows ... (Executive Producer)
Zombie Tidal Wave ... (Co-Executive Producer)
Crypto ... (Co-Executive Producer)
3022 ... (Executive Producer)
Fisherman's Friends ... (Executive Producer)
Beyond the Law ... (Executive Producer)
Sometimes Always Never ... (Executive Producer)
Run with the Hunted ... (Executive Producer)
The Final Wish ... (Executive Producer)
DeadTectives ... (Executive Producer)
Teacher ... (Producer)
The Weekend ... (Co-Executive Producer)
The Aspern Papers ... (Executive Producer)
In Bed with a Killer ... (Executive Producer)
A Girl from Mogadishu ... (Executive Producer)
Your Family or Your Life ... (Executive Producer)
After Class ... (Executive Producer)
Doctor Death ... (Executive Producer)

2018

Black Water ... (Executive Producer)
All the Devil's Men ... (Executive Producer)
A Wizard's Tale ... (Executive Producer)
Bronx SIU ... (Executive Producer)
Patrick ... (Executive Producer)
Bel Canto ... (Co-Executive Producer)
Welcome the Stranger ... (Executive Producer)
A Night to Regret ... (Executive Producer)

2017

Shock and Awe ... (Executive Producer)
An Imperfect Murder ... (Co-Executive Producer)
A Mother's Sacrifice ... (Executive Producer)
American Violence ... (Executive Producer)
Rodney King ... (Executive Producer)

2016

31 ... (Executive Producer)
Rupture ... (Executive Producer)
On Wings of Eagles ... (Executive Producer)
Little Men ... (Executive Producer)
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero ... (Supervising Producer)
The Journey Is the Destination ... (Executive Producer)
Isolation ... (Executive Producer)

2015

Rehearsal ... (Executive Producer)

2014

The Incredible Adventure of Jojo (And His Annoying Little Sister Avila) ... (Supervising Producer)

2011

The Alumni Chapter ... (Director)