Jenni Olson is director of e-commerce at WolfeVideo.com and is one of the world’s leading experts on LGBT cinema history. Her debut feature film, The Joy of Life world premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and went on to play a pivotal role in renewing debate about the need for a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge, as well as garnering praise from critics and audiences for its unique storytelling style.
In 1995 Jenni was one of the founders of PlanetOut.com where she established the massive queer film industry resource, PopcornQ and pioneered the first online showcase for LGBT short films (the PlanetOut Online Cinema), as well as founding the PlanetOut Short Movie Awards in 2000. She is very proud to be co-founder of the Queer Brunch at Sundance; the annual LGBT event she created in 1998 has grown to become the largest queer party at Sundance. As a film collector and archivist Jenni’s historical movie trailer programs (including the ever-popular: Homo… read more
Jenni Olson is director of e-commerce at WolfeVideo.com and is one of the world’s leading experts on LGBT cinema history. Her debut feature film, The Joy of Life world premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and went on to play a pivotal role in renewing debate about the need for a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge, as well as garnering praise from critics and audiences for its unique storytelling style.
In 1995 Jenni was one of the founders of PlanetOut.com where she established the massive queer film industry resource, PopcornQ and pioneered the first online showcase for LGBT short films (the PlanetOut Online Cinema), as well as founding the PlanetOut Short Movie Awards in 2000. She is very proud to be co-founder of the Queer Brunch at Sundance; the annual LGBT event she created in 1998 has grown to become the largest queer party at Sundance. As a film collector and archivist Jenni’s historical movie trailer programs (including the ever-popular: Homo Promo, which is now available on DVD) have been shown at film festivals around the world, as have her many short films and videos. In addition to her vast curatorial experience (including stints at the Minneapolis/St. Paul and San Francisco LGBT Film Festivals) Jenni has written extensively about LGBT film since 1985 for publications too numerous to mention. Her wildly entertaining coffee table tome, The Queer Movie Poster Book was a 2005 Lambda Literary Award nominee.
In addition to working on her many other creative endeavors, Jenni loves serving on film festival juries, advising filmmakers on a variety of projects, and serving on the advisory board of Outfest’s Legacy Project for LGBT film preservation. Jenni’s new short film called 575 Castro St. should be coming to a film festival near you in 2009. She is currently in development on an innovative new feature about the Spanish colonization of the State of California as described to you by an erudite butch dyke with the hots for a Hollywood actress which is either called, Get Me Guinevere Turner or The Royal Road. —http://www.squidoo.com/jenniolson
