Providing guidance and advice to financiers and distribution companies, Zev Raben brings his depth of legal experience to bear for his clients in all aspects of their varied businesses. 

While his practice is primarily focused on representing financiers, Raben also assists producers and distribution companies in all areas of their creative pursuits. He has worked with producers whose films have been recognized by Cannes Film Festival, Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca and nominated for Independent Spirit Awards. His past experience as an entertainment litigator makes him well equipped to identify potential issues early on in transactions and provide his clients with a big picture risk assessment on any potential deal. 

Raben was recognized as a Variety Dealmaker in 2023, Los Angeles Times B2B Legal Visionary in 2023, and among the Leaders of Influence 2022 – Thriving in Their 40s by the Los Angeles Business Journal in 2024 and 2022.

Capabilities 

• Film Finance 
• Distribution Legal 
• Production Legal Finance 

Select Clients 

• BondIt Media Capital: Terrifier 3 2024 (premiered at No. 1 in the domestic box office), Woman of the Hour 2023 (debuted at No. 1 on Netflix), Fing! (post-production) 
• Bank of Hope: Yeti 
• Media Finance Capital: Mary 2025 (acquired by Netflix), Triton, You Gotta Believe 
• Head Gear: Please Don’t Feed the Children 
• Growth Capital Ventures: Gunner, Cash Out 2 
• Balcony 9 and Mucho Mas Media: In connection with producer-side financing legal for Bride Hard, and The Black Demon 2023 
• SSS Film Capital: Bad Man 2024, Baron’s Cove 2023, and Rare Objects 2023 
• Good Deed Entertainment: Loving Vincent, 2017 Academy Award nominee, To Dust, 2018, with Matthew Broderick, Summertime, 2021

Select Projects and Deals 

Financing Legal 

BondIt Media Capital 

• Terrifier 3, (premiered at No. 1 in domestic box office) 
• Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut Woman of the Hour, 2023 (debuted at No. 1 on Netflix Movies) 
• Guns Up featuring Kevin James and Christina Ricci, 2025 
• Lucky Strike, featuring Scott Eastwood 
• Alarum, starring Sylvester Stallone 
• Savage Salvation, starring Willa Fitzgerald & Robert De Niro, 2022 
• Paradise City, starring John Travolta & Bruce Willis, 2022 
• National Champions, 2021 

Bank of Hope 

• Yeti (post-production) 

SSS Film Capital 

• Bad Man, 2024 
• Baron’s Cove, 2023 
• Rare Objects, 2023 
• The Birthday Cake, 2021 

Media Finance Capital 

• Mary 2025 (acquired by Netflix), Triton, and You Gotta Believe 

Head Gear 

• Please Don’t Feed the Children 

Production Legal 

• Prisoner’s Daughter, 2022 TIFF 
• The Novice, 2021 Tribeca, 2022 Spirit Award Nominee 

Distribution Legal 

• Good Deed Entertainment 
• Summertime, 2021 
• To Dust, with Matthew Broderick, 2018 
• Loving Vincent, 2017 Academy Award nominee

Awards & Recognitions 

• “Leaders of Influence: 2022 – Thriving in Their 40s,” Los Angeles Business Journal, 2022 and 2024 
• “Los Angeles Times B2B Legal Visionary”, 2023 
• “Variety’s Dealmakers of 2023” 
• “Dealmakers Impact Report,” Variety, 2021 

Media Mentions 

• “Warner Bros.’ ‘Matrix’ legal slugfest exposes Hollywood’s shifting priorities,” LA Times, 2022  

Speaking Engagements 

• “How to Find Investors and Secure Financing for your Feature Film,” Stage 32, 2020 

Bar Admissions 

• State Bar of California 
• New York State Bar 

Education 

• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D.
• McGill University Montréal, B.A.