Jonathan Saba

onathan Saba is a Senior Vice President at Saban Films.

Prior to joining Saban Films, Saba held executive positions at Anchor Bay Films, Image Entertainment, RLJ Entertainment and in October of 2013 he launched the distribution division of the Criterion Collection.

In 2011, Saba co-founded Rilean Pictures, a Los Angeles based film finance and development shingle.

In August of 2013, Saba created, developed, marketed and Executive Produced "Lewis Black: Old Yeller," the first ever live multi-medium stand up comedy special that was made available simultaneously in over 100M households.

Mr. Saba has done consulting work with the Non-Profit HearMe, a 401c3 that empowers schools, after school programs, community organizations and event organizers with the tools, technology and know-how to elicit authentic and meaningful stories from youth.

Saba received his B.A. in Political Science, with Honors, from University of Michigan, College of Literature, Science and the Arts.

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