Jenni Olson is one of the world's leading experts on LGBT cinema history. As director of e-commerce at WolfeVideo.com she champions queer independent cinema on a daily basis. After co-founding the Minneapolis/St. Paul LGBT Film Festival in 1986, Jenni co-directed the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, established the massive ...
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Latest coming attractions compilations include: Afro Promo (a collection of black film trailers co-curated with Karl Bruce Knapper), and Trailers, Shmailers (a collection of Jewish trailers). [1996]
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Royal Road
2015
Documentary
575 Castro St.
2009
Documentary short
The Joy of Life
2005
Documentary
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
Meep Meep!
2001
Short
Afro Promo
1997
Blue Diary
1997
Short
Trailers Schmailers
1997
Trailer Camp
1995
Documentary
Homo Promo
1993
She's Safe!: A Curated Package of Woman-to-Woman Safer-Sex Videos
1993
Video
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Confessions of a Self-Hating Jew
2012
Documentary associate producer
575 Castro St.
2009
Documentary short producer
This Way Out
2004
Documentary short associate producer
By Hook or by Crook
2001
consulting producer
The Offering
1999
Short associate producer
Jodie: An Icon
1996
TV Short documentary associate producer
The Freedom to Marry
2016
Documentary producer
AWOL
2016
consulting producer
The Royal Road
2015
Documentary producer
Test
2013/I
executive producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Royal Road
2015
Documentary writer
575 Castro St.
2009
Documentary short writer
The Joy of Life
2005
Documentary
Meep Meep!
2001
Short
Blue Diary
1997
Short writer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
I Am Divine
2013
Documentary archival material
Vito
2011
Documentary archival material
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
Documentary project consultant
Family Fundamentals
2002
Documentary consultant
History Lessons
2000
Documentary archivist
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Meep Meep!
2001
Short
Purple Rain
1984
Extra (uncredited)
Production Manager
Title
Year
Status
Character
Projecting the Body
2008
Documentary unit production manager: San Francisco
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lazy Eye
2016
special thanks
Freeheld
2015
the producers wish to thank - as Jenni Olsen
Loving Annabelle
2006
special thanks
Paragraph 175
2000
Documentary special thanks
Hide and Seek
1997
TV Movie special thanks
The Celluloid Closet
1995
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Royal Road
2015
Documentary voice
Vito
2011
Documentary
Herself
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
Documentary
Herself
Jodie: An Icon
1996
TV Short documentary
Herself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Jury Award
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Best LGBTQ Film
The Royal Road (2015)
2015
Special Mention
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Avant Garde and Genre
The Royal Road (2015)
2015
Special Jury Prize
Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
The Royal Road (2015)
2015
International Docs Competition
Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival
Special Mention
The Royal Road (2015)
2005
Special Programming Committee Award
L.A. Outfest
Outstanding Artistic Achievement
2005
Best Narrative Screenplay
New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
US Screenplay
The Joy of Life (2005)
2005
Marlon Riggs Award
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
The Joy of Life (2005)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Best Feature Film - Avant-Garde and Genre
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
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