Company Profile

PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE

Caliber Media Company LLC, a management and production company, was founded by Jack Heller and Dallas Sonnier in January 2008. The two partners met in 2005 when they were simultaneously hired as managers at the inception of The Schiff Company. After three years of successfully managing an elite list of writers, directors, and actors, Heller and Sonnier decided to start their own venture in order to focus on their own clients and producing projects. Prior to meeting, Heller had housekeeping deals with Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Outlaw Productions, the latter of which was while Heller was a student at the University of Southern California. Sonnier, also a USC graduate, had been in the Agent Trainee Program at the United Talent Agency.

Caliber’s clients are a diverse group of talented actors, writers, and directors from all corners of the world. In the spring of 2008, Caliber signed a first look deal with Original Media, a division of Endemol. The relationship saw Caliber and Original Media partner on the NBC pilot THE MOGULETTES, as well as creating unscripted pilots for OXYGEN and TruTV. Since parting ways with Original Media in 2009 Caliber has been working on numerous projects with some of the worlds biggest companies including WARNER BROTHERS, NBC, Oxygen, Discovery, and SPIKE TV.

Caliber also has created a successful brand of feature films based around Wrestling legend “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. Our titles include DAMAGE, THE STRANGER, HUNT TO KILL, KNOCKOUT, TACTICAL FORCE, RECOIL, and MAXIMUM CONVICTION. Co-stars for Steve in these films include Walton Goggins, Adam Beach, Gil Bellows, Michael Jai White, Danny Trejo and Steve Seagal.

In March of 2010, Heller made his directorial debut on ENTER NOWHERE, which he also produced with Sonnier. The film was written by clients Jason Dolan and Shawn Christensen. The story revolves around four strangers who find themselves stranded in a deserted, supernatural forest. The strangers seek shelter in an abandoned cabin and must learn to trust one another and work together to find a way out of the woods. The film, which stars Sara Paxton (LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT), Katherine Waterston (THE BABYSITTERS), Scott Eastwood (INVICTUS), and Shaun Sipos (CW’s MELROSE PLACE), premiered at Screamfest 2011 in Hollywood, CA.

Caliber also has ventured into the digital space with new initiatives that put it on the forefront of the entertainment industry. The first foray into this world was the successful ‘Broken Skull Ranch Workout’ app on the iTunes store. The app gives the user a one-on-one workout experience with legendary wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.

Caliber Media Co., as announced in The Hollywood Report in October of 2010, has partnered with New York-based visual-effects house the Molecule, putting the management-production company in the pole position to launch effects-heavy and digital-based projects.

Caliber is currently in production on 3 NIGHTS IN THE DESERT, and in post on its latest films REFUGE and STATIC.