ABOUT

Jordan is the head of B8 Services / Production. After spending a number of years being heavily involved in a variety of productions, from big-budget features and TV, to smaller independent features and documentaries, Jordan finally decided it was time to take his production expertise to the development sector.

Jonathan Sheldon has worked professionally in film and television for over 15 years. Starting in film development, Sheldon would has produced several well regarded independent films and co-authored a book on filmmaking called “The Declaration of Independent Filmmaking”. In 2008, Mr. Sheldon boot-strapped a post production company from a desk in Beverly Hills building it to contribute post production expertise and services to over 100 feature films and several network television shows.

Lee is head of B8 Branding Servicess at Buffalo 8. He has had extensive experience in creative projects ranging from feature film key art all the way to video game art direction. Lee is the producer, engineer and drummer of the alternative rock band Oddepoxy as well as the co-founder of Dyad Games who has produced successful titles such as the card game “Kamakura: A game of feudal Japanese warfare”.

Freewater Creative Development is led by Kyle Ryan, a veteran of both the media and development worlds. Kyle spent 20 years in the journalism one, much of it at Onion Inc., where he led The A.V. Club (the internet’s premier pop culture site) and served as managing editor of legendary satire site The Onion. He also worked at Entertainment Weekly before returning to Onion Inc. to build its development department from the ground up. He quickly established the company as a force in development and sold projects to Hulu, YouTube, AOL, Lionsgate, Fusion TV, Rooster Teeth, and more. He has drunk complimentary water during pitch meetings at just about every network, streaming service, and OTT in existence.

Sean Flanagan is a writer/producer who has made his name in film distribution and marketing, working on over 800 feature films in the past five years. He has worked for Swingset Creative, BidSlate, Mojomakers, Buffalo 8, Visual Data Media Services, Premiere Digital, Quiver and for dozens of North American distributors during his career. Key projects include Al Pacino’s Wilde Salome, Ashley Judd’s Trafficked, Zedd: True Colors and HBO’s Dia De Gracias. Previous clients include Sundance Institute, Film Rise, Pokemon and Samuel Goldwyn.

Robert Dean, a native to the sprawling landscape who has been working professionally in the NM film business for the past nine years doing everything from Directing to Production Manager (Dead of Night, Wander). Witnessing first-hand the many pitfalls that independent filmmakers face, Robert and Buffalo 8 joined forces to create Buffalo 8 New Mexico, a full-service division that will server producers, projects and companies looking to shoot within the state of New Mexico.

Tyler is an analyst at BondIt Media Capital. On a daily basis, Tyler assists in investment structuring & analysis, business development, and ongoing operations. Gould has a background in film production and finance, graduating from Northwestern University with a degree in Radio/Television/Film and Economics.

After selling the company that put him through college, Grady joins BondIt Media Capital as an analyst responsible for investment structuring and analysis, business development, and supporting the company’s financing, accounting, operations, and administration. He holds degrees in Economics and Film Studies, with a concentration in Entrepreneurship, from Boston College.