Matthew Helderman

Matthew Helderman

Known for
Production
Born
July 25, 1987 (age 39)

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.

Known For

Filmography

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Steven's Pass

Steven's Pass

Movie · Executive Producer

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The Razor's Edge poster

The Razor's Edge

Movie · Executive Producer

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Dog Years poster

Dog Years

Movie · Executive Producer

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The American Spring

The American Spring

Movie · Executive Producer

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Catching Bullets poster

Catching Bullets

Movie · Executive Producer

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La Lucha: Getting Schooled in America poster

La Lucha: Getting Schooled in America

Movie · Executive Producer

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Peaches

Peaches

Movie · Executive Producer

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The Football Mindset poster

The Football Mindset

Movie · Executive Producer

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Sofia poster

Sofia

Movie · Producer

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Mazel Tough

Mazel Tough

Movie · Executive Producer

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Donostia poster

Donostia

Movie · Executive Producer

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By The Grape Of God poster

By The Grape Of God

Movie · Executive Producer

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Love Loaded poster

Love Loaded

Movie · Executive Producer

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Secrets We Keep poster

Secrets We Keep

Movie · Executive Producer

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A Mother For An Hour poster

A Mother For An Hour

Movie · Executive Producer

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Unfelt poster

Unfelt

Movie · Executive Producer

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Unfelt poster

Unfelt

Movie · Executive Producer

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A Way Out poster

A Way Out

Movie · Executive Producer

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The Anchor in Us

The Anchor in Us

Movie · Executive Producer

2027
The Strings of Life poster

The Strings of Life

Movie · Executive Producer

2027
Air Bud Returns poster

Air Bud Returns

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2026
Christmas at the Kringles poster

Christmas at the Kringles

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Giant poster

Giant

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Night Patrol poster

Night Patrol

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
This Is Not a Test poster

This Is Not a Test

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Dead Howling poster

Dead Howling

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
The Swallow poster

The Swallow

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
The Night Driver poster

The Night Driver

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
The Florist poster

The Florist

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Blue Skies on Mars poster

Blue Skies on Mars

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Moments of Youth poster

Moments of Youth

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Tube-E Movie poster

Tube-E Movie

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
The Cycle poster

The Cycle

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Driver's Ed poster

Driver's Ed

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
PH-1 poster

PH-1

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Watchful Eyes poster

Watchful Eyes

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Lucky Strike poster

Lucky Strike

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Don't Let Them Out poster

Don't Let Them Out

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Not A Love Story poster

Not A Love Story

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Facade poster

Facade

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Once Upon a Time in Jersey poster

Once Upon a Time in Jersey

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
The Patient poster

The Patient

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Pops poster

Pops

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Protector poster

Protector

Movie · Producer

2026
Model Citizen poster

Model Citizen

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Vanished poster

Vanished

TV · Co-Producer · 4 eps

2025
Bob Trevino Likes It poster

Bob Trevino Likes It

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Guns Up poster

Guns Up

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Darkness of Man poster

Darkness of Man

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Alarum poster

Alarum

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Fog of War poster

Fog of War

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Killing Faith poster

Killing Faith

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Lilly poster

Lilly

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Dig Me No Grave poster

Dig Me No Grave

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Off the Grid poster

Off the Grid

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Final Recovery poster

Final Recovery

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Appalachian Dog poster

Appalachian Dog

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Locked poster

Locked

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Fall Is a Good Time to Die poster

Fall Is a Good Time to Die

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Beggarman poster

Beggarman

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Silent Night, Deadly Night poster

Silent Night, Deadly Night

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Ocean's View poster

Ocean's View

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
The Madness of David Judge poster

The Madness of David Judge

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
The Ritual poster

The Ritual

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Diablo poster

Diablo

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Jujji poster

Jujji

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Thieves Highway poster

Thieves Highway

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Hunting Season poster

Hunting Season

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
The Installation poster

The Installation

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Intruder poster

Intruder

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Barren poster

Barren

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Exit Protocol poster

Exit Protocol

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Shakti poster

Shakti

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
The Great Departure poster

The Great Departure

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Water’s Edge poster

Water’s Edge

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
De La Cruz poster

De La Cruz

Movie · Producer

2025
The Book of Raven poster

The Book of Raven

TV · Executive Producer · 5 eps

2025
Mind. Body. Money. poster

Mind. Body. Money.

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2025
Queendom Come poster

Queendom Come

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2025
No Country for Old People poster

No Country for Old People

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2024
Woman of the Hour poster

Woman of the Hour

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Parachute poster

Parachute

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Dandelion poster

Dandelion

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Cult Killer poster

Cult Killer

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Parallel poster

Parallel

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Armor poster

Armor

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Scrambled poster

Scrambled

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Damaged poster

Damaged

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Bau, Artist at War poster

Bau, Artist at War

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Cash Out poster

Cash Out

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Succubus poster

Succubus

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Agent Recon poster

Agent Recon

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Blood for Dust poster

Blood for Dust

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Rust poster

Rust

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
The Fall poster

The Fall

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Quantum Suicide poster

Quantum Suicide

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Terrifier 3 poster

Terrifier 3

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
White Crow poster

White Crow

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Dil Rakh: Gloves of Kin poster

Dil Rakh: Gloves of Kin

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
The Girl in the Pool poster

The Girl in the Pool

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Finger Laced Crown poster

Finger Laced Crown

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Midas Man poster

Midas Man

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2024
Dawn Dusk poster

Dawn Dusk

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
One Night in Tokyo poster

One Night in Tokyo

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Bad Things poster

Bad Things

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Luto poster

Luto

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
The Message poster

The Message

Movie · Executive Producer

2024
Tie Die poster

Tie Die

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Til Death Do Us Part poster

Til Death Do Us Part

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
The Hive poster

The Hive

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
The Donor Party poster

The Donor Party

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
97 Minutes poster

97 Minutes

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
American Cherry poster

American Cherry

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
One Ranger poster

One Ranger

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Psychosis poster

Psychosis

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Nico poster

Nico

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
The Christmas Classic poster

The Christmas Classic

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Confidential Informant poster

Confidential Informant

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Sheroes poster

Sheroes

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Mob Land poster

Mob Land

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Fear the Night poster

Fear the Night

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Due Justice poster

Due Justice

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Aporia poster

Aporia

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
How to Ruin the Holidays poster

How to Ruin the Holidays

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
The Problem of the Hero poster

The Problem of the Hero

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Snorkeling poster

Snorkeling

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Benji's Hour poster

Benji's Hour

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Perfectly Good Moment poster

Perfectly Good Moment

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
S.T.I.F.F. poster

S.T.I.F.F.

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Drone Games poster

Drone Games

Movie · Executive Producer

2023
Underdeveloped poster

Underdeveloped

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2022
Dig poster

Dig

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Paradise City poster

Paradise City

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Clerks III poster

Clerks III

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Blowback poster

Blowback

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
High Heat poster

High Heat

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Slayers poster

Slayers

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
First Time Caller poster

First Time Caller

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Panama poster

Panama

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Wrong Place poster

Wrong Place

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Hot Seat poster

Hot Seat

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Safe Room poster

Safe Room

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Tenkiller poster

Tenkiller

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Mindcage poster

Mindcage

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Gasoline Alley poster

Gasoline Alley

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
American Siege poster

American Siege

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Immediate Family poster

Immediate Family

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Book of Love poster

Book of Love

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Free Dead or Alive poster

Free Dead or Alive

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
The Commando poster

The Commando

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Dual poster

Dual

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
On the Line poster

On the Line

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
As They Made Us poster

As They Made Us

Movie · Executive Producer

2022
Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes poster

Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes

TV · Executive Producer · 3 eps

2021
A Space in Time poster

A Space in Time

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2021
National Champions poster

National Champions

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Fatal Frenemies poster

Fatal Frenemies

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
The Fallout poster

The Fallout

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Rogue Hostage poster

Rogue Hostage

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Intervention poster

Intervention

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Deadly Radio Romance poster

Deadly Radio Romance

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Castle Falls poster

Castle Falls

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Deadlock poster

Deadlock

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Midnight in the Switchgrass poster

Midnight in the Switchgrass

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
The Reckoning poster

The Reckoning

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Apex poster

Apex

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Survive the Game poster

Survive the Game

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Cosmic Sin poster

Cosmic Sin

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Body Brokers poster

Body Brokers

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Redemption Day poster

Redemption Day

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Ida Red poster

Ida Red

Movie · Executive Producer

2021
Out of Death poster

Out of Death

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Becky poster

Becky

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Revenge for Daddy poster

Revenge for Daddy

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Intensive Care poster

Intensive Care

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
The Pale Door poster

The Pale Door

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
I Used to Go Here poster

I Used to Go Here

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Becoming poster

Becoming

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2020
Hard Kill poster

Hard Kill

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Hooking Up poster

Hooking Up

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
The Horror Crowd poster

The Horror Crowd

Movie · Executive Producer

2020
Terror Lake Drive poster

Terror Lake Drive

TV · Executive Producer · 6 eps

2019
Driven poster

Driven

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Run with the Hunted poster

Run with the Hunted

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Zombie Tidal Wave poster

Zombie Tidal Wave

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2019
Trauma Center poster

Trauma Center

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Beyond the Law poster

Beyond the Law

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
A Girl from Mogadishu poster

A Girl from Mogadishu

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
In Bed with a Killer poster

In Bed with a Killer

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
The Weekend poster

The Weekend

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2019
3022 poster

3022

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
The Aspern Papers poster

The Aspern Papers

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
The Final Wish poster

The Final Wish

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Fisherman's Friends poster

Fisherman's Friends

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Teacher poster

Teacher

Movie · Producer

2019
Awake poster

Awake

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Above the Shadows poster

Above the Shadows

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Crown Vic poster

Crown Vic

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
After Class poster

After Class

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Doctor Death poster

Doctor Death

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Crypto poster

Crypto

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2019
Sometimes Always Never poster

Sometimes Always Never

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
DeadTectives poster

DeadTectives

Movie · Executive Producer

2019
Your Family or Your Life poster

Your Family or Your Life

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Welcome the Stranger poster

Welcome the Stranger

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Patrick poster

Patrick

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Bel Canto poster

Bel Canto

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2018
A Night to Regret poster

A Night to Regret

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Black Water poster

Black Water

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
All the Devil's Men poster

All the Devil's Men

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
A Wizard's Tale poster

A Wizard's Tale

Movie · Executive Producer

2018
Bronx SIU poster

Bronx SIU

TV · Executive Producer · 14 eps

2017
A Mother's Sacrifice poster

A Mother's Sacrifice

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
An Imperfect Murder poster

An Imperfect Murder

Movie · Co-Executive Producer

2017
American Violence poster

American Violence

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Rodney King poster

Rodney King

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Shock and Awe poster

Shock and Awe

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
31 poster

31

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
Little Men poster

Little Men

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
Rupture poster

Rupture

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero poster

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

Movie · Supervising Producer

2016
On Wings of Eagles poster

On Wings of Eagles

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
Isolation poster

Isolation

Movie · Executive Producer

2016
The Journey Is the Destination poster

The Journey Is the Destination

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
Rehearsal poster

Rehearsal

Movie · Executive Producer

2014
The Incredible Adventure of Jojo (And His Annoying Little Sister Avila) poster

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

Movie · Supervising Producer