Olivia Newman

Olivia Newman is an American film director and screenwriter.[1][2] She is best known for her work on the film First Match for Netflix.[3]

Olivia Newman
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFilm director, Writer and Producer
Years active2010–present

Life and career

Olivia was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. She holds a B.A. in French and women’s studies from Vassar College and an MFA in film from Columbia University.[4][5] Her first short film, Blue-Eyed Mary, screened at the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival, in 2010.[6]

Olivia´s debut feature film First Match, starring Elvire Emanuelle, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Colman Domingo and Jharrel Jerome, premiered at the SXSW Film Festival. First Match was released by Netflix in 2018.[7] She is slated to direct the upcoming feature film based on the Delia Owens novel, Where The Crawdads Sing by Hello Sunshine and 3000 Pictures.[8][9]

Filmography

Year Title Writer Director Producer Note
2009 Blue-Eyed Mary N Y N Short film
2010 First Match Y Y N Short film
Storm Up the Sky N N Y Short film
2011 The Runner N N Y Short film
2012 Lucky Duck N N Y Short film
2018 First Match Y Y N Feature film
2019 Chicago Fire N Y N Episodes 144&154&162: "What Will Define You"/"Move a Wall"/ Badlands"
Chicago PD N Y N Episode #138: "Mercy"
2020 FBI N Y N Episode #39: "Broken Promises"
2021 Where The Crawdads Sing N Y N Pre-production

Accolades

Year Award Category Result
2012 New Jersey Film Festival Grand Prize Won[10]
2012 Aspen Shortsfest Jury Award Won[11]
2018 SXSW Film Festival SXSW Gamechanger Award Won[12]
2018 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Won[13]

References

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