Byron M. Jones

Byron M. Jones is a Christian film producer[1] and managing partner of Pure Flix Entertainment.[2]

Cloud Ten
Main article: Cloud Ten Pictures

Jones started his career as Cloud Ten's VP of Entertainment,[3] bringing movies such as Left Behind to the forefront of the industry. Left Behind was the #1 selling video in America its first week of release, beating out Toy Story 2 and The Green Mile.[3][4]

Byron began his career in marketing at Cloud Ten Pictures in 1997, where he headed up the sales and marketing departments during the release of the best-selling Christian films such as Apocalypse, Revelation, Tribulation and Judgment, helping to develop international recognition and demand for quality Christian Movies.[5] Byron maintained this position until January 2002.[6]

While with Cloud Ten, Billboard Magazine quoted Byron as saying "There are 170 Million Americans who go to church every Sunday, most of these people want to see an edgy action movie without all the other stuff."[7]

Garden City Pictures

Canadian Christianity ran a story on Jones talking about the new studio that he would start in Niagara Falls, Canada, "Our plan is not to bring Christianity to Hollywood, but to bring Hollywood-quality productions to the church," explains Byron Jones, president of Garden City Pictures.[8] It was with Garden City that Byron would bring aboard an Oscar award-winning, special effects supervisor and director to work on their first feature Home Beyond the Sun, a Christian film that examines contemporary China's dilemma of unwanted daughters in an overpopulated land of more than a billion souls. It is inspired by the true story of one of the children, the "found forsaken", finding familial love.[9]

Willowcreek Marketing And Distribution

With the connections that Byron had made in and throughout the industry and also founded Willowcreek Marketing and Distribution;[10] a Christian marketing company which also is the official booking agency for the "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase (Formerly of World Wrestling Entertainment).[11]

Willowcreek is also responsible for the marketing and distribution of such film titles as a multi-award winning documentary film be the Erwin Brothers about the events of 9/11/2001.[12]

Pure Flix Entertainment
Main article: Pure Flix Entertainment

Beginning in January 2007, Byron Jones became a Managing Partner with Pure Flix Entertainment.[6][13] Byron along with musician Randy Travis, actor David A. R. White, Michael Scott, and Russell Wolfe. Pure Flix is known for producing and distributing movies such as The Wager, Hidden Secrets, and Sarah's Choice.[14]

Crystal Creek Media Lawsuit

The Superior Court of New Hanover County in the state of North Carolina ruled against Byron Jones' company CMD Distribution for failing to fulfill its contractual financial obligations over the distribution of the movie Creed of Gold.[15]

CMD was forced into bankruptcy due to the Bankrupcty of its biggest customer Allegro (Mediahttp://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/06/distributor-allegro-closes-suddenly-leaving-100s-of-indie-labels-in-limbo.html) Creed of Gold was fully paid all monies that were due to them by CMD. The low budget amateur film was low in quality and acting but CMD was able to get it placed into major stores across America. Although not received well by consumers all sales were declared and monies distributed. The producer was informed of the poor sales and the decision to remove from distribution but the producer did not want to accept this information and filed the lawsuit. Although filed in the wrong jurisdiction the judge proceeded with the case,

Filmography

Personal life

Born in North Bay, Ontario; Jones is the father of Joe Jones, the vice-president of Symetric Productions, a graphic design company based in St. Catharines, Ontario, that has worked on many movie posters and the winner of the 2007 Entrepreneur Award by the St. Catharines Chamber of Commerce. He also has two daughters. Byron is also currently married.[20] Byron is a practicing Christian.

References
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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2009-09-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  4. ""Left Behind II" Now Available / Watch "The Making Of…" On-line - Christian Film News™".
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-09-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/byron-jones/10/68a/1a3
  7. Billboard. 28 April 2001.
  8. http://www.canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/na.cgi?nationalupdates/031127studio
  9. "New Christian Motion Picture Company And Studio Announces New Film, "Home Beyond The Sun" - Christian Film News™".
  10. "WillowcreekMarketing — Coming Soon".
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2009-10-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/easy_find?event=EBRN&N=1111682+5401+4294960560&Ne=12000&Nso=1&Nu=product.endeca_rollup&Ns=product.number_sold
  13. "Pure Flix Entertainment LLC". Archived from the original on 12 July 2007.
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-09-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "Statement about CMD Distribution Inc". Crystal Creek Media. March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  16. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2010-03-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. "Byron Jones". IMDb.
  18. "Wager Live Fire -暮らしバイブル-".
  19. Jennifersilva11789 (1 March 2011). "In the Blink of an Eye (Video 2009)". IMDb.
  20. http://www.symetricproductions.com/pdf/standardarticle.pdf
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