Tommy Oliver (producer)
Tommy Oliver is an American film producer, director, writer, cinematographer, photographer, and entrepreneur.[1][2] He produced the The Perfect Guy (2015) and Sundance Film Festival winner ,[3] co-created the documentary series Black Love, and directed and produced the films Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss (2021), , and 1982.[4][5] He is also known for his photography including his BLM protests photos in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.[6][7]
Oliver is from Philadelphia, a Carnegie Mellon University alum, Founder and CEO of the production company, Confluential Films,[8] and Founder and Chairman of the media company, Black Love, Inc.[9], which he founded with his wife, Codie Elaine Oliver.[10][11][12][13][14] He is on the Board of the Philadelphia Film Society.[15]
Select filmography[]
- (2011; producer)
- 1982 (2013; writer, director, producer, and editor)
- The Perfect Guy (2015; producer)
- Halfway (2016; executive producer)
- Destined (2016; producer)
- Black Love (2017–present; creator and executive producer)
- (2020; director, producer, cinematographer, and editor)
- Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss (2021; director, producer, cinematographer, and editor)
References[]
- ^ Sippell, Margeaux (5 June 2019). "'Black Love' Producer on Diversity: 'You Can Talk About Those Things, or You Can Get the Hell Up'". TheWrap. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Tangcay, Jazz (11 June 2020). "How Filmmaker Tommy Oliver Captured Hollywood's Massive Black Lives Matters Protest". Variety. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Award-Winning Sundance Film "Kinyarwanda" Will Receive a Theatrical Release Through AFFRM". IndieWire. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Gonzalez, Umberto (16 November 2020). "Mike Africa Jr Seeks to Free His Parents in '40 Years a Prisoner' Trailer (Exclusive Video)". TheWrap. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Macaulay, Scott (12 September 2013). "Five Questions for 1982 Director Tommy Oliver". Filmmaker. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Variety (16 June 2020). "How filmmaker Tommy Oliver captured Hollywood's massive Black Lives Matters protest". NBC News. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "NMAAHC Collections Search". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ^ "Tommy Oliver's Confluential Films Adds Charlotte Koh as President & Prince Baggett as Head of Film". 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Codie Elaine Oliver, Co-Creator and Director of Black Love, Shares Why Ownership Must be the Goal for Creatives". Forbes.
- ^ Roberson, Saybin (23 August 2019). "Executive Producers Codie and Tommy Oliver Talk 'Black Love'". Los Angeles Sentinel. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Gray, Ellen (29 August 2017). "Philly filmmaker explores 'Black Love' on both sides of camera". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Tommy Oliver". Variety. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "2018 Alumni Achievement Award Spotlight: Tommy Oliver". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ Eichel, Molly (11 September 2015). "Philly's Tommy Oliver says 'The Perfect Guy' is not just a black movie". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "30th Philadelphia Film Festival". Philadelphia Film Society. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
External links[]
- Tommy Oliver at IMDb
- Living people
- American film producers
- Film producers from Pennsylvania
- People from Philadelphia