SWORDMAKER MEDIA LLC is a
St. Louis-based partnership between entrepreneur and martial arts expert Elliot Freeman and author and publisher Patrick Dorsey to develop media projects and co-productions.
For information on any of our projects, contact us.
The People Behind Swordmaker Media, LLC
Patrick Dorsey Writer / Producer
A natural storyteller his whole life, Patrick Dorsey is the author of Amazon and international bestselling Knights Templar adventure novel God’s Forge and the upcoming fantasy adventure The Champion Sky as well as the nonfiction bestseller of true-life ghost stories Haunted Webster Groves and the hit audio mystery serial podcast Somebody Knows. He is the co-founder of indie publisher Legendary Planet and vice-president of the St. Louis Publishers Association. Trained in Fencing, Aikido, Escrima, and Kendo, he is president and chief instructor of the St. Louis Fencers Club.
Elliot Freeman Writer / Producer
Elliot Freeman is a successful St. Louis area entrepreneur. He holds an MFA and has studied and produced performance art as well as worked as a Fight Master and Fight Choreographer for 2012’s Casualties of State. Teaching martial arts since he was fifteen, he holds advanced blackbelt degrees in Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Iaido, and Aikido. He is senior student of Master Instructor and international film star Steven Seagal, and for 25 years has owned and operated Three Rivers Aikido/Defensive Tactics Technologies.
Shannon Peterson
Conceptual Artist / Storyboardist
A skilled visual artist, Shannon Peterson holds a BA in Animation. A devotee of adventure stories, she specializes in storyboarding dynamic action sequences and animating them as stunning, thrilling scenes.
Danny Bellini Writer
Writer and healer, Danny Bellini connects with people and changes lives though his stories and words as well as his Energetic Interaction, a unique healing approach that has helped adults, children, and even animals. An accomplished screenwriter, his upcoming projects include the supernatural thriller Karma’s Angel, the drama A Blues Tale, and the crime drama The Lott.
Leana Seper Producer
Leana Seper is a fine artist based in Los Angeles, California. With over 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry, she’s worked as a designer in television, film, and fine and performing arts. She is also an avid archery practitioner with 20 years of experience in the English longbow tradition.
Not to be outdone, her cat, Walter, is the superior hunter.
