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Jeff Dowd And Alex Noh Launch Blood Sweat Honey, A Distribution-Marketing Consultancy

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Indie Film Veterans Jeff Dowd & Alex Nohe Launch Full-Service Distribution & Marketing Consultancy

Festival Strategy, Theatrical Release, Distribution & Creative Consulting

Longtime film industry veterans Jeff Dowd and Alex Nohe announce the launch of Blood Sweat Honey, a comprehensive consulting agency specializing in providing strategic counsel to indie filmmakers.

Offering services such as producer representation, film festival strategy, script and post-production creative consulting, theatrical release, hybrid distribution and marketing, Blood Sweat Honey co-founders Dowd and Nohe bring a wealth of knowledge in all aspects of the industry.

The inspiration for “The Dude” in the Coen brothers’ cult favorite The Big Lebowski, Dowd has been prominent in the indie film circuit for more than 45 years. A writer, exhibitor, distributor, film festival director, producer and producer’s representative – as well as a founding member of the Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival – Dowd is a nationally recognized authority on scriptwriting, marketing, distribution and exhibition. He has consulted on a diverse array of films, including Blood Simple, The Black Stallion, Chariots of Fire, Gandhi, War Games, Hoosiers, Desperately Seeking Susan, Kissing Jessica Stein, The Blair Witch Project and Neil Young’s Heart of Gold, among many others. Currently, Dowd and colleagues are evolving storytelling, media and activism with the interactive transmedia series Our Classic Tales that Fuel Our Future, which will launch this fall.

Nohe is a film distributor, filmmaker and entrepreneur with more than 20 years of executive and management experience in the film business with broad-based expertise and relationships with talent agencies, managers, publicity firms, festival programming, event producing, film production, post-production, marketing and theatrical distribution. Most recently, Nohe was a Partner in Circus Road Films where he helped shepherd more than 100 films into distribution.  Prior to that, he ran the theatrical distributor Walking Shadows. Nohe has worked with some of the world’s most noteworthy filmmakers – including Christopher Nolan on Following, Don Coscarelli on Bubba Ho-Tep and Bill Condon on Gods & Monsters – assisting with representation, distribution and much-deserved box office success.

About Blood Sweat Honey:

Launched in 2017, Blood Sweat Honey (BSW) is a comprehensive consulting agency providing strategic counsel to indie filmmakers. Helmed by long-time industry veterans Alex Nohe and Jeff Dowd, BSW secures distribution deals ranging from theatrical to DVD/VOD, cable TV, streaming and educational platforms in North America and internationally. Services offered include producer representation, film festival strategy, script and post-production creative consulting, theatrical release, hybrid distribution, marketing and international consultation. From script to post-production and beyond, Blood Sweat Honey is a full-range consulting service for the independent film industry. Visit online at www.BloodSweatHoney.com

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