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Jenni Olson

Directing · Born 1962-10-06 · Falcon Heights, Minnesota, USA

Biography

Jenni Olson (born October 6, 1962) is an American film curator, filmmaker, author, and LGBT film historian. She was born and raised in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. She co-founded the pioneering LGBT website PlanetOut, and campaigned to have a barrier erected on the Golden Gate Bridge to prevent suicides. Olson was educated at the University of Minnesota. In 1986, while still a student, Olson co-founded the Minneapolis/St.Paul Lesbian, Gay, Bi & Transgender Film Festival, initially under the name Lavender Images. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Filmography

2026Barbara ForeverConsulting Producer
2023Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years LaterConsulting Producer
2021No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer ComicsConsulting Producer
201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand ReleasingDirector
2019In Nomine PatrisNarrator (voice)
2018Dykes, Camera, Action!Self
2017AWOLConsulting Producer
2015The Royal Road(voice)
2014Sticks & StonesThanks
2012Confessions of a Self-Hating JewAssociate Producer
2011VitoSelf
2009Official RejectionSelf
2009575 Castro St.Director
2006Fabulous! The Story of Queer CinemaSelf
2005The Joy of LifeDirector
2003Matzo MaidelsDirector
2002Family FundamentalsCreative Consultant
2002Trailers SchmailersDirector
2001Bride of Trailer CampDirector
2001By Hook or by CrookConsulting Producer
2001Meep Meep!Narrator
1999The OfferingAssociate Producer
1998Blue DiaryDirector
1997Blow-UpDirector
1997Afro PromoDirector
1996Jodie: An IconSelf
1995Trailer CampDirector
1995Jodie PromoDirector
1994SometimesVoice-over
1994Neo Homo PromoDirector
1993Homo PromoDirector
1993She's SafeProducer
1991Levi's 501s CommercialSelf / Narrator (voice)
—Homo PromoDirector

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