Biography: Joseph Albert "Dallas" Sonnier IV (born March 31, 1980 in Dallas, Texas) is an American film producer. Beginning his career as an agent, Sonnier later gravitated towards production, initially founding the California-based Caliber Media with partner Jack Heller. Wanting to bring major film productions to the state of Texas, he returned there in 2016 to found the Dallas-based production company Cinestate, which was rebranded as Bonfire Legend in 2021.