Gordon X. Graham, Founder & Chief Executive Officer

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Gordon X. Graham is the Amazon bestselling writer of Heroin(e) : Entropy, Heroin(e) : Hermetic and Heroin(e) : Out of Body. His fourth novel, Heroin(e) 4 : The Original Sins, is a prequel to his first three books and will be published in 2026. Gordon is also an accomplished screenwriter, filmmaker and TV showrunner. Gordon is an alumnus of New York University's Tisch School of The Arts, the New York Film Academy and the University of Maryland, and was a standout wing on Maryland’s varsity rugby team.

 

Gordon is also a chess enthusiast - his favorite player is José Capablanca - and is a talented player himself. Gordon is a FIDE Chess Master (FM) with a 2309 peak rating in bullet chess, meaning he's ranked in the top 5% of chess players worldwide. 

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In addition to being a prolific chess player, producing video games, writing novels, writing screenplays, directing  and producing films, Gordon is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of hypermodern. hypermodern is an open world gaming, film and streaming television digital media organization focused on documenting and storytelling real life action thriller and love stories, encompassed within today's tenuous geopolitical and socioeconomic times.

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Jess H. Drabkin, Chief Legal Counsel

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Jess H. Drabkin is a Harvard graduate and currently a partner at Reed Smith LLP. Prior to becoming a digital media lawyer, he worked as a successful venture capital attorney for many years.

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Jess has represented a number of high-profile clients in the film, music, and television industries including Bono, Donatella Versace, and Sean Carter (Jay-Z). In addition to his legal expertise, Jess maintains strong industry relationships with major film studios, Big Five book publishers, talent agencies like UTA, and gaming companies—both domestically and in Japan. 

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Additionally, Jess is known for his creative deal-making skills and is a trusted advisor in many cutting-edge deals in the entertainment and media space, including those involving artificial intelligence. He represents entertainment, media and tech companies in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing, distribution, venture capital and private equity transactions. Through this work, Jess has developed a significant practice representing leading artists in the music business, film and television talent and producers, as well as fashion designers, celebrities and athletes, in licensing, endorsement, production and content deals.

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A skilled corporate finance lawyer, Jess regularly represents private equity funds, companies, investment banks and investors in private and public financing transactions and fund formation. He specializes in putting together private funds and strategic joint ventures for leading entertainment executives and private equity groups that acquire intellectual property rights in the entertainment space, as well as leading the rights acquisition transactions these vehicles engage in.

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