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 was shown 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 directed a 2022 feature film, Where The Crawdads Sing; it is a Hello Sunshine and 3000 Pictures film adaption of a Delia Owens novel with the same name.[8][9]

Filmography
Year Title Writer Director Producer Note
2009 Blue-Eyed Mary No Yes No Short film
2010 First Match Yes Yes No Short film
Storm Up the Sky No No Yes Short film
2011 The Runner No No Yes Short film
2012 Lucky Duck No No Yes Short film
2018 First Match Yes Yes No Feature film
2019 Chicago Fire No Yes No Episodes 144&154&162: "What Will Define You"/"Move a Wall"/ Badlands"
Chicago PD No Yes No Episode #138: "Mercy"
2020 FBI No Yes No Episode #39: "Broken Promises"
2022 Where the Crawdads Sing No Yes No Post-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
  1. "Interview: Olivia Newman – First Match - 2015 January Screenwriters Lab". ioncinema.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. "Interview: Olivia Newman on Getting the Best of Wrestling with "First Match"". moveablefest.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  3. "'First Match' Review: SXSW Audience Winner Wrestles With Real-Life Struggles And Comes Out A Winner For Netflix". deadline.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  4. "In the Media - March 2018 Roundup". alums.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  5. "Olivia Newman". tfiny.org. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  6. "2010 Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival (POW!): Official Lineup". undergroundfilmjournal.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  7. "'First Match' by Olivia Newman '12 Premiered on Netflix to Much Acclaim". arts.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  8. "3000 Pictures & Hello Sunshine's 'Where The Crawdads Sing' Sets Olivia Newman As Director". deadline.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  9. "Everything we know about Where the Crawdads Sing film adaptation". uk.style.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  10. "Winners of the 2012 New Jersey International Film Festival Competition". njfilmfest.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  11. "Olivia Newman (USA)". cqnl.org. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  12. "2018 SXSW Film Festival Announces Jury and Special Awards". sxsw.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  13. "2018 SXSW Film Festival Announces Audience Awards Winners". sxsw.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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