Wikipedia Draft:Buffalo 8

Buffalo 8 was founded by film producer and media entrepreneur Matthew Helderman in 2010 while an undergraduate student in production on the company’s first feature film The Alumni Chapter(1) in Lake Forest, IL.

Now based in Los Angeles, California, Buffalo 8 focuses on film production, post-production, executive producing and consulting, distribution, and digital content.

Company History
Following the production of The Alumni Chapter, Matthew Helderman and Luke Taylor partnered together in Los Angeles in August of 2011 to work on the physical production of feature film and commercial projects underneath the Buffalo 8 banner. Between 2011 and 2014, Buffalo 8 operated primarily as a production services, post-production services and executive consultancy business in the feature film and digital media space across 24 films including, Sake Bomb, which premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival, Land of Leopold, which premiered at the 2015 Sun Valley Film Festival before being sold to HBO Europe , and The Silent Thief which premiered at the GenArt Film Festival before being sold to HBO. During this time, Buffalo 8 also launched an eBook series and followed up with a pair of experiential workshops in partnership with ScreenCraft in the Bahamas and Sun Valley.

In January 2014, Helderman and Taylor launched BondIt Media Capital, a media finance firm, to support the rise of independent content and enable Buffalo 8 to become directly involved in production financing activities.

During this period, Buffalo 8 produced Little Men, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival before being sold to Magnolia, and As You Are, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival as well before being sold to Amazon

In 2015 the company was joined by Patrick DePeters to helm the financial duties at both BondIt and Buffalo 8. Later the same year the company worked on two of its most well-known projects, Little Men, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival before being sold to Magnolia, and As You Are, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival as well before being sold to Amazon.

In 2016 the company expanded it’s post production division with the addition of Jonathan Sheldon and the division has gone on to service and post-produce projects including Becky, The Call, Hard Kill, Trauma Center, Arkansas, Hooking Up and Chick Fight.

In late 2015 the company partnered with manager-producer Steven Adams by acquiring his company Alta Entertainment and forming Buffalo 8 Management to offer a full service management division to writers, directors and performers.

Buffalo 8 also produced The Con Is On from director James Oakley starring Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Sofia Vergara, Parker Posey and Stephen Fry, and the Netflix original film Rodney King, directed by Spike Lee, which was met with critical acclaim.