Tommy Oliver (producer)

Tommy Oliver is an American film producer, director, writer, cinematographer, photographer, and entrepreneur.[1][2] He produced The Perfect Guy (2015) and Sundance Film Festival winner Kinyarwanda,[3] co-created the documentary series Black Love, and directed and produced the films Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss (2021), 40 Years a Prisoner, and 1982.[4][5] He is also known for his photography including his BLM protests photos in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.[6][7]

Oliver is from Philadelphia, a Carnegie Mellon University alum, founder and chief executive officer of the production company Confluential Films,[8] and founder and chairman of the media company Black Love,[9] which he founded with his wife, Codie Elaine Oliver.[10][11][12][13][14] He is on the Board of the Philadelphia Film Society.[15]

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References
  1. Sippell, Margeaux (5 June 2019). "'Black Love' Producer on Diversity: 'You Can Talk About Those Things, or You Can Get the Hell Up'". TheWrap. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. Tangcay, Jazz (11 June 2020). "How Filmmaker Tommy Oliver Captured Hollywood's Massive Black Lives Matters Protest". Variety. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. "Award-Winning Sundance Film "Kinyarwanda" Will Receive a Theatrical Release Through AFFRM". IndieWire. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. Gonzalez, Umberto (16 November 2020). "Mike Africa Jr Seeks to Free His Parents in '40 Years a Prisoner' Trailer (Exclusive Video)". TheWrap. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  5. Macaulay, Scott (12 September 2013). "Five Questions for 1982 Director Tommy Oliver". Filmmaker. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  6. Variety (16 June 2020). "How filmmaker Tommy Oliver captured Hollywood's massive Black Lives Matters protest". NBC News. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  7. "NMAAHC Collections Search". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  8. "Tommy Oliver's Confluential Films Adds Charlotte Koh as President & Prince Baggett as Head of Film". 25 August 2021.
  9. "Codie Elaine Oliver, Co-Creator and Director of Black Love, Shares Why Ownership Must be the Goal for Creatives". Forbes.
  10. Roberson, Saybin (23 August 2019). "Executive Producers Codie and Tommy Oliver Talk 'Black Love'". Los Angeles Sentinel. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  11. Gray, Ellen (29 August 2017). "Philly filmmaker explores 'Black Love' on both sides of camera". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  12. "Tommy Oliver". Variety. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  13. "2018 Alumni Achievement Award Spotlight: Tommy Oliver". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  14. Eichel, Molly (11 September 2015). "Philly's Tommy Oliver says 'The Perfect Guy' is not just a black movie". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  15. "30th Philadelphia Film Festival". Philadelphia Film Society. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
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